An overnightcar accident injured two people in St. Louis. The accident happened at approximately 2 a.m. on Monday. According to the St. Louis Police, a vehicle was traveling westbound on Interstate 64/40 when the driver struck the concrete median causing the vehicle to overturn. Emergency crews responded to the accident near the Clayton/Skinker exit….
As millions of Americans started their work week Monday morning, an unexpected workplace accident claimed the life of a worker in Maryland. The accident happened in Clarksburg at around 7:30 a.m. According to the Montgomery County Police, 28-year-old Glenn Edward Baugher III was involved in an industrial accident possibly involving heavy machinery. Baugher was…
The personal injury attorneys at Meyerkord & Kurth have successfully handled another auto accident case. This most recent settlement was in the amount of $80,000 for a woman injured by a negligent driver. The car accident occurred in August of 2014 when a 2005 Kia Altima was traveling westbound on Highway 142 in Butler…
Investigators in New York are attempting to determine the cause of a fatalpedestrian accident that occurred on Saturday evening. The incident occurred in Batavia at approximately 7:01 PM. According to the police, 58-year-old Joseph W. Ogozaly was attempting to cross the intersection of Main and Bank Street when he was struck by a pickup…
On Friday afternoon, a head-onauto accident claimed the life of an Arnold resident and injured a woman from Arkansas. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 59-year-old Margaret Davis was traveling southbound on Highway 61-67 while driving a 1992 GMC RV2. At approximately 4:10 p.m., 21-year-old Nedzad Pacariz was operating a 2015 Nissan Versa…
Mazda has issued arecall for 374,519 of their vehicles due to Takata airbag defects. The airbags are exploding in the event of a crash spraying shrapnel creating a potential for serious injuries and death. The defective Takata airbags have been linked to more than 100 injuries and nine fatalities in various automobiles. The vehicles…
A single-vehicleauto accident moderately injured a Fenton resident during the early hours of Saturday morning. At approximately 1:10 a.m., 45-year-old Lisa Smercina was operating a 1999 GMC Jimmy southbound along Romaine Creek Road when the vehicle veered off the right side of the roadway. As the vehicle left the roadway, it struck an embankment…
A south St. Louis County resident has been charged with his fifthDWI charge. According to court documents, 55-year-old Joseph J. Schaefer was operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol on August 25th. Police stopped Schaefer near Gravois Road and Lakewood Avenue, at which time he failed several field sobriety tests and then…
A Friday morningauto accident has resulted in one man suffering critical injuries. The accident happened in West Jordan, Utah when a 26-year-old man was operating a red car and pulled into the path of a white truck at approximately 6 a.m. on Redwood Road. The truck t-boned the car causing it to overturn. The…
In 2015, the number of fatalities caused byauto accidents in Missouri increased by 11.4 percent from the prior year. The Missouri Department of Transportation reported that 853 fatalities occurred in traffic crashes, which is the largest number in three years. Speeding, distracted driving, and driving under the influence were common causes of these traffic-related…