A Missouri man is dead, and two other people were taken to hospitals after a fatalmultiple-vehicle crash in east Kansas City. Kansas City Police reports the accident happened late Tuesday evening at 63rd Street and Prospect Avenue. Police say a man that was shot with a gun was trying to drive himself to the…
In a terrible amusement rideaccident earlier this month, three young girls fell from a Ferris wheel at the Greene County Fair in Tennessee. According to police, the incident was caused by a mechanical problem. The company that operated the Ferris Wheel, Family Attractions Amusement, is continuing to operate rides in Middle Tennessee. As Dickson…
Two people were killed, and many were injured in a charterbus accident that police say the driver was an undocumented immigrant. The bus was traveling to Baton Rouge and was carrying dozens of workers who were going to help with flood cleanup, according to Louisiana State Police Trooper. The accident happened on Sunday morning…
A car was crushed when a piece of concrete fell from a building in downtownSt. Louis on Monday. The vehicle was damaged as it set out front of a building in the 500 block of Olive Street. The red Ford sedan was parked outside a vacant building when suddenly concrete fell from the building…
A St. Louis roofer was severely burned during a job-siteaccident when he fell into a kettle filled with hot tar. The 66-year-old man was repairing a roof in University City when the accident occurred. According to the victim’s wife, her husband and son were finishing roofing work when he fell off the roof and…
Elevated levels of lead have been found coming from some faucets and fountains in 32 buildings in theSt. Louis Public Schools District. Testing was conducted at all 72 school buildings and 797 water sources were examined. The test revealed 45 sources are exceeding the EPA’s guideline of 20 parts per billion of lead. An…
A Tennessee woman appeared in court on Monday for charges in a deadlyhit-and-run in Smyrna. The 25-year-old woman is charged with leaving the scene of a deadly auto accident. On Monday, the Smyrna judge bound the case over to the grand jury after the preliminary hearing. Traffic investigators with the Smyrna Police Department and…
According to a recent study, trampoline parkinjuries are on the rise across the country. Another injury at a St. Louis area trampoline park only highlighting these dangers of trampolines. According to researchers, data collected from emergency room visits reveals trampoline type accidents have increased from 600 in 2010 to 7,000 in 2014. The study…
Several St. Charles motorists ended up with minorproperty damage when they drove down a yellow painted street this week. According to the City of St. Charles, the street was turned yellow after a contractor re-painted street stripes right before it rained. The wet yellow paint was smeared all along the entire stretch of street….
An Illinois man is dead after asemi-truck crash that police believe was caused by a possible mechanical failure. The fatal accident happened near Glen Carbon on eastbound Interstate 270 on Wednesday. According to police, the 47-year-old truck driver crashed his tractor-tractor just before 9:30 a.m. between Route 157 and Route 159. Police found the…