Blog Posts in July, 2011
Posted on Jul 28, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
The parents of a south St. Louis County woman who died of a blood clot to the heart after injuring her knee during a slip on the floor at Costco have sued the warehouse store. Herbert and Sharon ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A crash involving four vehicles on Interstate 72 near the MacArthur Boulevard exit caused traffic backups on the highway Wednesday afternoon. Illinois State Police said four vehicles were traveling in ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A three-car pile-up at Walnut Street and Lawrence Avenue Wednesday sent two people to the hospital. Ryan C. McGarvey, 31, of Loami and Jane E. Garmon, 49, of the 1500 block of East Phillips Street ...
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Posted on Jul 27, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Washington, Mo., teen pleaded guilty Tuesday in a 2009 head-on crash that killed a St. Charles man. Nicole A. Feldmann, 19, of the 1000 block of Rose Lane, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Court to ...
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Posted on Jul 27, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 28-year-old Springfield man faces a possible charge of second-degree assault after the Chevy Blazer he was driving on West Kearney Street near Robberson Avenue on Wednesday afternoon jumped a curb, ...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Monett woman suffered serious injuries Monday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash in Purdy, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Cynthia D. Hess, 52, was taken to Cox South hospital in ...
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Posted on Jul 25, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A crash caused by a motorist driving the wrong way on Missouri 152 killed a man early this morning. The crash occurred about 12:20 a.m. along Missouri 152 near Shoal Creek Parkway, according to ...
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Posted on Jul 22, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A professional mover who died after he fell under a moving truck on the Country Club Plaza Thursday has been identified as Fredrick Simmons, 27, of Lawrence. Simmons was working with a crew to move ...
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Posted on Jul 15, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A car struck and seriously injured a juvenile shortly after 5 p.m. near Gregory Boulevard and Bales Avenue, Kansas City police said. The driver of the vehicle stopped after the accident. No other ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 37-year-old Joplin resident was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Tuesday evening, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. Teresa Leblanc, 37, was riding a 2007 Buell down a gravel road ...
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Posted on Jul 11, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 13-year-old girl was flown to a hospital in critical condition this morning after her bicycle collided with a truck in Douglas County, police said. The accident happened about 7:30 a.m. at North ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following a crash with a car this afternoon in the 2100 block of Clear Lake Avenue. His name was not immediately available, but ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Leavenworth man was killed in a two-vehicle crash about 1:19 p.m. Wednesday on Kansas 7 north of Basehor, the Kansas Highway Patrol said. Duane F. Lindle, 85, was stopped on the road when he was ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
One person was hospitalized and another person injured in a crash at Walnut Street and Lawrence Avenue at 7:19 a.m. Tuesday. Patricia Tatman, 61, of the 1800 block of South Noble Avenue was driving ...
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Posted on Jul 5, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Belton woman killed with her daughter by an SUV headed the wrong way on Interstate 435 this morning "had very little time to react," a Kansas City police officer said. The accident ...
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Posted on Jul 5, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Seven teenagers and young adults were injured early Monday morning in a crash that began with a rear-end collision and one car traveling into the path of an oncoming car, striking it head-on. The ...
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Posted on Jul 4, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Three teenagers were seriously injured in a three- car accident early this morning in Cass County, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Taylor N. Hood, 17, of Harrisonville, Ark., and Trevor D. ...
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