An Alton man has pleaded guilty to adrunk driving crash that killed a Metro East couple. The drunk driver will spend 20 years in prison for two counts of aggravated DUI resulting in death. According to a local news report, the 25-year-old man was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence…
Three people died Thursday night in two separatetraffic accidents in the Greater St. Louis area. The first accident occurred near O’Fallon Park on Interstate 70 in north St. Louis at approximately 10:30 p.m. According to the St. Louis Police Department, a GMC Yukon struck a center concrete median and overturned as it was attempting…
A new traffic light was finally installed at adangerous intersection in South St. Louis. The new change for the intersection comes after years of residents asking the St. Louis City for help. Residents who live in the Ellendale neighborhood near the intersection of McCausland and Arsenal say there is at least one traffic accident…
Another shooting victim caused anauto crash when he tried to drive himself to the hospital. According to Chicago Police, the Illinois man caused a serious traffic accident that injured four others, including two children, on Sunday. Authorities say the 37-year-old man struck another vehicle just after midnight in the 10100 block of South State…
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…
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 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…
The Ford Company has issued arecall that will affect more than 91,000 vehicles in North America. The recall is due to a defect in the fuel pump that could stall some Ford vehicles. The Ford models included in the recall are the Taurus, the Lincoln MKS, and the MKT SUV’s. Ford Police Interceptor sedans…
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…
A Missouri mother and her young child were tragically killed in a motorvehicle accident yesterday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 50 near Kingsville in Johnson County, Missouri. Authorities say the northbound 47-year-old driver and her 8-year-old daughter were on their way to school around 7:30 a.m. when they…