Blog Posts in August, 2011
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Posted on Aug 31, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A motorcyclist died after he collided with a car near University Drive and Iowa Street shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Lawrence police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A noontime crash between a sport utility vehicle and a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train in Marshfield resulted in serious injuries to the pickup’s driver, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
The Kansas Highway Patrol is investigating an accident that killed a railroad worker. The patrol says the accident occurred Sunday afternoon in Dickinson County. The victim was driving a rail truck, ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two southwest Missouri residents were injured when two personal watercraft vessels collided at 1:45 p.m. Sunday on Table Rock Lake, according to the Missouri Water Patrol. The patrol reported that ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 23-year-old Blue Springs man died Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a trailer being towed by a truck. Derek A. Burchett died from injuries suffered in the 12:30 p.m. crash along ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Lee's Summit police are investigating a crash that killed a female pedestrian late Friday. The accident occurred about 10:50 p.m. along U.S. 50 and Southeast Todd George Road. The woman was struck ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A driver who said he looked down to check his cell phone while he was driving west on Jefferson Street rear-ended a vehicle Wednesday morning. Robert S. Damery, 63, of Taylorville said he could not ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
An 8-year-old boy is in serious condition after being bitten by a dog this evening in Olathe. Police said an officer was called about 6:20 p.m. to the 200 block of South Chester Terrace and found the ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
An Amtrak train and a car collided about 8:37 p.m. Tuesday on Missouri 58 outside Kingsville, the Johnson County, Mo., Sheriff's Office said. One person in the car was taken to the hospital, ...
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Posted on Aug 22, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 53-year-old Springfield man’s vehicle was rear-ended Sunday by another vehicle heading west on Wabash Avenue near Montvale Drive. Karl R. Becker of the 4600 block of Barrymore Drive said he ...
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Posted on Aug 21, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Norwood man died Saturday, and a woman suffered serious injuries , as the result of a hit-and-run crash in Ozark County. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, David Littrell, 58, was pronounced ...
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Posted on Aug 20, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A man working as a funeral procession escort was killed today after his motorcycle was struck by a SUV in Kansas City. Police said the man was hit around 10:45 a.m. near the intersection of ...
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Posted on Aug 20, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
An Ozark man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident Friday in Christian County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. David Hardy, 54, suffered a broken leg and other injuries in the ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A woman was struck and killed early this morning while helping a driver who had crashed on Interstate 55/70 near Fairmont City, police said. Polly C. Cottrell, 52, of Bull Shoals, Ark., died after she ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Despite being pinned under an overturned tractor-trailer rig in the Interstate 44 median, the driver of a white pickup truck suffered only moderate injuries Thursday afternoon. The driver of the rig ...
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Posted on Aug 18, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
An accident between two vehicles that were traveling in a funeral procession near Martin Luther King Drive and Laurel Street about 1 p.m. Wednesday sent one person to the hospital. A car driven by ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Three people were injured this morning in a single vehicle crash on Interstate 72, about two miles east of Interstate 55. Timothy R. Lanham, 19, of Wood River, was east on the interstate around 8:45 ...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A three-vehicle crash on Illinois 4 near Gilmore Road Monday afternoon sent three people to the hospital. According to Illinois State Police, a vehicle driven by a 56-year-old man from Standard City ...
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Posted on Aug 16, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Webb City teenager was seriously injured Monday evening on Table Rock Lake, the Missouri State Highway Patrol-Water Patrol Division reported. A 20-foot boat was pulling two inner-tubes with a rider ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Three people suffered serious injuries in a three-vehicle crash Monday on U.S. 160 in Ozark County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Annette J. Rosenquist, 75, and Bruce D. Rosenquist, 77, ...
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Posted on Aug 14, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A two-vehicle crash this afternoon on a Texas County road sent two people to a Springfield hospital with serious injuries , according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Cody L. Schuler, 23, of ...
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Posted on Aug 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A man from Asbury died Friday after a two-vehicle crash in Jasper County. Joseph McCracken was 33. He had been wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol ...
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Posted on Aug 10, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two women were killed Monday evening in a head-on collision in Lafayette County. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the crash occurred just after 5 p.m. on Route O near Watershed Road when the ...
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Posted on Aug 9, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
An 8-year-old boy was riding down a favorite hill Monday evening in east Kansas City when his bicycle collided with a minivan. Izzy Moore was knocked unconscious, neighbors said, and the driver of the ...
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Posted on Aug 8, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two Peoria residents are dead after their motorcycle was struck by an SUV while stopped at a stop light. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll says Rachel and Korey Korenchuk were killed early ...
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