According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the vast majority ofauto accident victims were not properly restrained with safety belts. In fact, MODOT reports that 67.7% of the individuals killed in auto accidents were not using a seat belt during the years of 2011-2013. Individuals that choose not to use a seat belt have…
Over the weekend, two police officers were killed in a wrong-wayauto accident in Des Moines, Iowa. The accident occurred at around 12:40 a.m. on Saturday when the officers were traveling eastbound on Intestate 80. The officers were transporting a prisoner in a squad car when a vehicle traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes struck…
A single-vehicleauto accident resulted in the death of one man on Saturday afternoon. According to authorities, the car accident happened at around 3:20 p.m. when a 63-year-old man from Ballwin was operating a vehicle on eastbound Interstate 44. Preliminary reports indicate that the man’s vehicle left the roadway for unknown reasons and collided with…
On February 26, a 23-year-old woman was killed in ahit and run accident and the driver has now been arrested. The driver, a 24-year-old man, was fleeing police when he struck the woman who was attempting to cross the street near the intersection of Lucas and Hunt and Natural Bridge Road. A police officer…
According to the Kentucky State Police, an Eddyville man died after his pickup truck was involved in atractor-trailer accident. Witness say at around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, the eastbound pickup truck crossed the centerline of U.S. 62 in Lyon County. The pickup truck was then struck by the oncoming westbound tractor-trailer. The…
On Sunday afternoon, an 8-year-old boy was enjoying being a kid when his life was cut short in a possibleDUI accident. The boy was riding his skateboard in Payson, Utah a day after his birthday celebration. As he and his sister were riding skateboards near the intersection of 680 West and 1000 South, a…
A husband and wife were involved in a rollovercar accident resulting in the death of the wife. The accident happened in West Chester, Ohio on Monday morning. According to the authorities, the elderly couple was traveling on Kingsgate Way when the 72-year-old man ran a red light. Their vehicle then collided with two vehicles…
As the evening rush hour was underway, police were forced to close the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 due to anauto accident involving an SUV. According to the Northwoods Police Department, a man was operating a black SUV when he lost control near Jennings Station Road. The vehicle struck the concrete median and turned…
A single-vehiclecar accident resulted in the death of an Illinois teen in Jersey County. According to the Illinois State Police, an 18-year-old male was operating a 2004 Nissan on Range Line when he drove off the roadway and landed in a field. During the crash, the driver was partially ejected from the car and…
As the weekend came to a close, a tragicauto accident claimed the life of a toddler changing the lives of those involved forever. On Sunday evening, an auto accident involving three vehicles occurred in Branson, Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that at approximately 5:30 p.m. a collision occurred with three vehicles along…