Blog Posts in January, 2011
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 31-year-old Cameron woman suffered life-threatening injuries Friday night when her car was T-boned by a pickup driven by a man suspected of being drunk, authorities said. The driver, Frederick W. ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Kansas City man admitted his role Thursday in an August car crash that killed a 22-year-old Platte City woman. John McNamara, 27, pleaded guilty in Platte County Circuit Court to involuntary ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
ST. LOUIS COUNTY • Two people were thrown from a car and seriously injured early Tuesday in a single- car crash on Military Road near Waller Avenue, police say. The crash happened at about 2 a.m. The ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A man believed in his late teens or early 20s was reportedly killed early this morning when a train struck him in eastern Independence. The incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. near the Lake City Army ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A semi truck crashed into the rear of a slowing car yesterday after noon, leaving three dead in St. Francois County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. Rachel Sharp, 18, and Aaron Weber, 20, ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 45-year-old Blue Springs man died today and two other people, including his 9-year-old son, were injured after two cars collided on 63rd Street west of Interstate 435 in Kansas City. Police said the ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Kansas City man who was driving under the influence of drugs when he killed a 12-year-old boy last March was sentenced today to 34 years in prison. Clayton R. Dunlap pleaded guilty last month in ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A second person has died following a two-vehicle crash Monday on U.S. 160 near Reeds Spring, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Michael L. Shull, 43, of Nixa, died Monday night after a 4:55 ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 62-year-old Butler, Mo., woman was killed when the car she was in collided head-on with a tractor-trailer in Henry County. Mary E. Bashor was killed in the crash that occurred about 10:30 a.m. ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 17-year-old girl was critically injured today after the car she was a passenger in spun off U.S. 69 near 119th Street in Overland Park. The girl was one of four people in the car that was traveling ...
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