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Ten people were injured when a school bus rear ended a semi-truck on I-55 near Litchfield, Illinois according to FOX News. According to the Superintendent of the Highland School District, the bus was filled with 6th graders from Grantfork Elementary. Thirty-three students, two teachers and 5 chaperones had been on the field trip to Springfield, …

As an attorney, I hear  lawyer jokes all the time: What do you have when you have three lawyers buried up to their necks in cement?  Not enough cement.  How many lawyer jokes are there?  Three.  The rest are true stories.  And on and on… I’ve laugh them off as we all should be able to endure good …

“It’s a mess”, said Powell of the Illinois State Police about a four semi-truck accident on Interstate 80, at mile post 102 in Illinois.  At 6:15 a.m. last Friday, Illinois State Police received a call about a three vehicle accident involving two passenger cars and a semi-truck. In the first accident, the semi driver, a …

Tragically, a St. Louis tow truck driver was killed in an alleged hit and run accident on Interstate 70 eastbound near West Florissant Avenue. The accident occured around 9:30 p.m.on Monday evening.  According to authorities, a 21 year-old suspect has been arrested.  The 51 yr old victim worked for AAA Auto Club and according to the victim’s …

A 22 yr-old Navy man who was home on leave was killed in an auto accident in Mascoutah, Illinois after the car he was driving was hit by another motorist who apparently ran a red light. As well, the 22 yr-old’s grandfather was a passenger in the car and he was killed. Accoridng to The …

After failing to win legislative support for a texting ban for all drivers, a group is taking their case directly to the people.  The group, Decide to Drive, is going to Missouri schools to warn children against the dangers of distracted driving, including texting, eating, shaving, even reading a newspaper.  A trauma surgeon, a Missouri …

When spring arrives, motorcycles and motorcycle crashes increase in St. Louis, Missouri.  During the winter, drivers become accustomed to not looking for motorcycles as weather in the greater St. Louis does not encourage motorcyclist. However, since there are over 4 million motorcyclists registered in the United States.  The popularity of motorcycles is due to the low …

A Webster Grove’s pedistiran was struck by a man from Scottsdale, Arizona. The fleeing driver has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident after allegedly striking an elderly Webster Groves pedestrian in St. Louis, Missouri.  The woman was standing on a triangular traffic island at Big Bend Blvd. and Elm Avenue on February 23 …

A family was injured when their SUV crashed into a tractor truck, then the SUV hit a bus shelter in the neighborhood of Brighton Park. The 20-year old woman and mother was in critical condition and her 26 yr-old husband and two daughters, ages 1 and 3 have been classified as in stable condition. One …

A St. Louis, Missouri woman is dead after colliding head-on with a trash truck.  The accident occurred in Bridgeton in St. Louis County on Thursday morning according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch.  The thirty-three year old woman, driving a 1999 Mercury Sable, crossed the center line and collided with the trash truck.  She was …