On Friday afternoon, a head-onauto accident claimed the life of an Arnold resident and injured a woman from Arkansas. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 59-year-old Margaret Davis was traveling southbound on Highway 61-67 while driving a 1992 GMC RV2. At approximately 4:10 p.m., 21-year-old Nedzad Pacariz was operating a 2015 Nissan Versa…
Mazda has issued arecall for 374,519 of their vehicles due to Takata airbag defects. The airbags are exploding in the event of a crash spraying shrapnel creating a potential for serious injuries and death. The defective Takata airbags have been linked to more than 100 injuries and nine fatalities in various automobiles. The vehicles…
A single-vehicleauto accident moderately injured a Fenton resident during the early hours of Saturday morning. At approximately 1:10 a.m., 45-year-old Lisa Smercina was operating a 1999 GMC Jimmy southbound along Romaine Creek Road when the vehicle veered off the right side of the roadway. As the vehicle left the roadway, it struck an embankment…
A south St. Louis County resident has been charged with his fifthDWI charge. According to court documents, 55-year-old Joseph J. Schaefer was operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol on August 25th. Police stopped Schaefer near Gravois Road and Lakewood Avenue, at which time he failed several field sobriety tests and then…
A Friday morningauto accident has resulted in one man suffering critical injuries. The accident happened in West Jordan, Utah when a 26-year-old man was operating a red car and pulled into the path of a white truck at approximately 6 a.m. on Redwood Road. The truck t-boned the car causing it to overturn. The…
In 2015, the number of fatalities caused byauto accidents in Missouri increased by 11.4 percent from the prior year. The Missouri Department of Transportation reported that 853 fatalities occurred in traffic crashes, which is the largest number in three years. Speeding, distracted driving, and driving under the influence were common causes of these traffic-related…
A Missouri truck driver has been cited after atractor-trailer accident injured a man. The accident happened on Thursday near Hubbard Township, Ohio. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, 23-year-old Stev’vahn Woodruff, a Springfield resident, was operating a 2016 Freightliner when he failed to yield to oncoming traffic. As Woodruff turned left onto an…
Authorities in New Jersey are continuing to search for the driver responsible for ahit and run accident that occurred on Christmas Day. The accident happened in Teaneck around 6:47 p.m. when 59-year-old pedestrian Steven J. Leitgeb was struck by a vehicle in the intersection of Garrison Avenue and Cedar Lane. The driver of the…
A car accident occurred last summer involving a teenage driver who passed away as a result of an explosiveairbag inflator. The airbag inflator was made by Takata, a company that constructs parts for automobiles. It is the largest constructor of air bags in the world. A recall of vehicles that have Takata air bags…
A driver was killed and her three children were injured in anauto accident on Thursday. The accident happened in Nemaha County, Kansas when 37-year-old Rebecca Lynne Chrismas was operating a van and failed to stop at a stop sign. Her vehicle was struck by a semi-truck near the intersection of U.S. 36 at W…