Blog Posts in June, 2011
Posted on Jun 30, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 57-year-old Chatham woman who was walking in the crosswalk at Ninth and Carpenter streets about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday was struck by a vehicle attempting to turn. Ruth A. Laird was treated at St. ...
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Posted on Jun 30, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A rush-hour crash involving a trash truck and two vehicles forced the closure of 159th Street at Roe Avenue in Overland Park. Emergency crews responded about 7:50 a.m. to reports of the crash along ...
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Posted on Jun 30, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A teen-aged skateboarder was in critical condition after he tried crossing a Kansas City, Kan., street late last night and was struck by a car. The skateboarder was riding east on Elizabeth Avenue in ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 33-year-old Auburn motorcyclist was hospitalized after his bike collided with a vehicle that pulled out in front of him at 11th Street and Bryn Mawr Boulevard on Tuesday. Shane J. Woods said he ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two people died in Kansas Saturday when they were hit by trains in separate accidents . Police say a 19-year-old Hutchinson man died early Saturday after being hit by a train as he tried to cross ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A tractor-trailer turned into the path of a oncoming motorcyclist late Thursday night on Hall Street, killing the man on the motorcycle, police say. The man who died is identified as Kenny L. Doss, ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two people died and another was seriously injured Wednesday night after two motorcycles and a sport utility vehicle were involved in a Northland crash . One motorcyclist also was hit by a ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Springfield police arrested a 52-year-old Springfield man Monday night on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after he hit another vehicle, then drove his own car into a telephone pole, causing his ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A two-vehicle accident at Sixth Street and Hazel Dell Road about 11 a.m. Monday sent three people to the hospital. Colton T. Bell, 20, was driving south on Sixth Street with a green light when another ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 54-year-old man died early Sunday after another vehicle hydroplaned on the interstate during heavy rains and struck the car in which he was riding, Kansas City police said. Police said James ...
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Posted on Jun 17, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
One person died and eight others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday night on U. S. 60 in Winona, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Ben W. Kapp, 16, of Winona, died in the 6:35 p.m. ...
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Posted on Jun 15, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A pedestrian was seriously injured today after being struck by a vehicle on Market Street outside St. Louis City Hall, authorities said. The police department's accident reconstruction team was ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 4-year-old boy was injured in a crash Monday at Illinois 54 and Allen Street in Spaulding. Police said the boy had a cut on his forehead. He was taken to St. John’s Hospital for treatment. A ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
WICHITA | Investigators arrested a Wichita doctor, Mohammad Sarrafizadeh, on Friday night on suspicion of failing to stop at an injury accident in which a 32-year-old man was killed Friday. Police say ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A motorcyclist was hospitalized in satisfactory condition today at a Springfield hospital after he was struck by a van that drove off Friday in Lawrence County, officials said. Joshua Homewood, 35, of ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A truck driver from Texas will serve two years of probation for causing an eight-vehicle, chain-reaction crash that killed two people and injured others near Herculaneum when he took his eyes off the ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Jackson County judge sentenced a Kansas City man to 24 years in prison Tuesday for a drunken-driving rampage that killed an Independence man and injured three others. Harvey L. Shoate, 46, had been ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Forsyth woman was hospitalized following a three-car crash in Taney County Saturday evening. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Jodi M. Ebersol, 37, was driving a 1997 Ford Taurus east on ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 16-year-old Springfield girl was killed and the teenaged driver of the car she was in was ticketed for speeding after a one-vehicle crash in Curran Monday night. The Sangamon County coroner's ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 22-year-old driver who said he tried to avoid rear-ending a vehicle directly in front of him swerved into another lane and hit another vehicle on Clear Lake Avenue at 10:15 a.m. Monday. Cheryl A. ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two people involved in a three-car accident at Spring Street and South Grand Avenue Monday morning were hospitalized. Dorene Maxwell, 52, of the 2900 block of Taylor Avenue and Connie J. Wankel, 43, ...
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Posted on Jun 6, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 19-year-old Springfield man whose vehicle was rear-ended by another vehicle at Spring Street and South Grand Avenue around noon Sunday was taken to St. John’s Hospital after complaining of ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Maryland Heights man in his 20s was killed early Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash in St. Louis, police said. The crash was reported about 1:20 a.m. on Goodfellow Boulevard near Natural Bridge, ...
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Posted on Jun 2, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two Springfield residents died in a crash with a semi truck on Interstate 70 near Greenville Wednesday afternoon, according to the Illinois State Police. The driver was identified as 44-year-old ...
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Posted on Jun 2, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Springfield girl was taken to a local hospital Wednesday with serious injuries after being hit by a car in front of her north Springfield home, according to the Springfield Police Department. The ...
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