Two car crash deaths over the weekend in the STL area

In the small, rural town of Hamel, Illinois located just outside St. Louis, Missouri one person is dead following a semicrash that happened Saturday afternoon. In addition, a pickup truck and a semi both collided at the intersection of Route 140, and Route 4 in the little town. The pickup rear-ended the semi, and…

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Workers injured in St. Louis building collapse listed in stable condition

Two demolition workers were severelyinjured Friday after a building collapsed in St. Louis, Missouri. The two men were cleaning and stacking bricks at the 3900 block of West Pine Boulevard when suddenly a large section of façade fell. Both men fell from the third floor of the building all the way to the basement….

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Demolition workers hurt in STL building collapse

Friday morning in St. Louis, Missouri, two demolition workers were injured in a near-fatal workplace accident. The two men were in the process of dismantling a building at the 3900 block of West Pine Boulevard when they fell more than 30 feet to the ground. In addition, as the workers were removing bricks by…

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Good Samaritan saves toddler and adult from burning car crash

It looked like a scene out of a superhero movie in St. Louis Missouri Thursday morning when a Good Samaritan pulled two people out of a burning vehicle, but it wasn’t, it was real life. Furthermore, in Shrewsbury, a one-vehicle accident occurred on Interstate 44 after the driver suffered a diabetic related emergency. As…

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Two women killed in separate pedestrian accidents

Interstate 270 in St. Louis, MO was closed early Friday morning after a pedestrian was struck and killed. The accident happened when a 31-year-old man was attempting to cross-northbound lanes of the road just near Ladue Road when he was struck. The driver of the vehicle stopped after the accident, and has been very…

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Worker killed in accident in St. Louis shopping center

Sadly a workplace accident has taken the life of a maintenance worker at West County Center in Des Peres, Missouri. Furthermore, the 53-year-old man was killed Thursday while using a hydraulic list at his job at the mall. According to police, the unidentified worker somehow became pinned between the rail of the basket of…

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Young girl suffers broken shoulder after being struck by vehicle

In Glendale, Missouri, a young girl is recovering from a shoulder injury after being struck by a car. In addition, a car at the 700 block of Sappington Road hit the 10-year-old girl Thursday afternoon. The accident happened when the girl was playing with some children in the front yard of a home across…

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MO man killed in skateboard crash

What started out as a fun excursion on a seemingly harmless skateboard ended in tragedy for one Kansas City man. Furthermore, 26-year-old, Dylan Austin was killed after he lost control of his skateboard Saturday afternoon in Warrensburg, Missouri. Likewise, Austin lost control of the board near an overpass, and, as a result, struck his…

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Zofran use should be avoided in pregnant women

Morning sickness and pregnancy often go hand in hand. Likewise, although many women do not particularly enjoy the feeling of morning sickness, none would knowingly put their unborn child at risk to stop the unpleasant symptoms. Sadly, some women are being prescribed Zofran while in their first trimester to stop morning sickness, and are…

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Bumble Bee Foods faces charges in worker’s death

There are felony criminal charges pending against Bumble Bee Foods and two of its employees in connection with the death of a company worker. The horrible workplace accident happened in 2012 when 62-year-old, Jose Melena entered a room that was used to sterilize tuna cans. While Melena was inside, two other workers loaded carts…

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