Do You Know The Steps You Should Take After an Auto Accident?

While most individuals do not anticipate being involved in anauto accident, it is important to be prepared for a crash. Drivers are actually highly likely to be injured or killed in an auto accident due to the thousands of crashes that occur yearly. According to the Association for Safe International Road Travel, traffic accidents…

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Boy Killed in East St. Louis Hit and Run Accident

An East St. Louis boy was killed in ahit and run accident near his home on Thursday. An 11-year-old boy was attempting to cross State Street near 37th when he was struck by a vehicle at approximately 6:37 a.m. The driver fled the scene of the accident and several other vehicles drove by the…

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Chevron Named in Slip and Fall Lawsuit

The oil company, Chevron, has been named in a lawsuit by a man claiming he was injured during aslip and fall. The complaint accuses Chevron of negligence by an offshore rigger that claims he slipped and fell on a drilling platform. The accident happened on Aug. 21, 2015, in the Gulf of Mexico. Chevron…

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Deadly Traffic Crash Occurs in St. Louis County

During the morning rush hour, anauto accident resulted in the death of one person and two others suffering serious injuries in St. Louis County. According to authorities, a collision between a semi-truck and a car occurred on Thursday at around 7:15 a.m. The accident happened as the vehicles traveled on I-270 southbound near Manchester…

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Traffic Accident Claims Life of Police Officer

The funeral for a central Illinois police officer was held Wednesday. The police officer died in a tragicauto accident while responding to another traffic accident. His vehicle was struck by an ambulance responding to the same emergency. The Illinois Police Department say at 9 p.m. on Friday, March 5, the officer was responding to…

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Missouri Car Crash Injures Kansas Woman

On Wednesday, a Kansas woman was sent to the hospital after she suffered injuries in a single-vehiclecar crash. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 19-year-old woman was operating her vehicle on Route NN near Liberal when she lost control of her vehicle. The vehicle traveled off the roadway and crashed into a…

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Bicycle Accident Leads to Death

A tragicbicycle accident caused the death of a man on Tuesday afternoon. The accident happened when the bicyclist and a big rig truck collided in Redondo Beach, California. Police reported that the collision occurred at around 2:45 p.m. when a 29-year-old man was traveling on his bicycle along Hawthorne Boulevard when a tractor-trailer turned,…

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HAVE YOU HEARD OF A “NEVER EVENT” IN THE CONTEXT OF HEALTHCARE?

A ‘never event” is an act of negligence that should never be committed by a medical provider.

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Truck Crashed Into Power Pole in Missouri

In the city of Springfield, Missouri, a pickuptruck crashed into a power pole after being chased by police. The Greene County Sheriff’s Office has not released why the two in the pickup truck were being chased. The police were called to a possible burglary at the 5200 block of North Farm Road 151 on…

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Power Outage Caused By Fatal Car Accident

The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating a fatalcar crash that occurred on March 8 on Mission Road near Gaffney Loop. The Tallahassee Police Department report a power pole was struck and power lines are down. The driver that struck the pole was dead at the scene and the scene is currently being worked by…

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