Blog Posts in September, 2011
Posted on Sep 30, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Springfield woman was seriously injured Thursday evening when the vehicle she was driving ran off the roadway and struck a pile of rocks, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. Trinity ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two people were injured Wednesday afternoon when their car and a truck collided at 19th Street and Grand Boulevard. The car caught fire after the collision, but someone who worked nearby brought out a ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A vehicle driven by a Springfield woman had to be towed Tuesday after the driver of another vehicle caused an accident by turning in front of her on West Lake Shore Drive. Danielle M. Walton, 27, of ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Rogersville man could face prison time after he pleaded guilty to wrecking a vehicle that seriously injured two passengers and then left the scene of the accident. Travis Bishop, 20, pleaded guilty ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
An Imperial man died this morning in a two-vehicle crash near Rolla, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol Jimmie J. Gantz, 50, was pronounced dead at Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Authorities say a drunken driver fleeing police struck two pedestrians early Sunday on the Poplar Street Bridge, killing one of them and leaving the other in grave condition. Illinois State Police ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Shawnee man and a Merriam woman were taken to hospitals after a motorcycle accident today in Bonner Springs. Richard A. Barr, 49, and Joan Cavlovich, 58, were on a motorcycle driven by Barr that ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
An 89-year-old Mansfield man suffered serious injuries Tuesday when he was hit by a pickup truck that left the scene, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol. Mack Richards was taken to St. ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A motorcyclist involved in a crash on the Country Club Plaza this morning has died, Kansas City police said. The 28-year-old victim was riding to his job at a vehicle repair shop when he collided with ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A head-on collision that injured two people has closed the Missouri 45 Spur in rural Platte County. The crash occurred about 5:30 a.m. near the intersection of Stillings Road and the Missouri 45 Spur. ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two children were among the five Lawrence County residents injured in a two-vehicle wreck Saturday. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, a 2009 Chevrolet driven by Samuel Cox, 38, of Pierce City, ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision with a car early Sunday when he drove west in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 50 west of Missouri 291. Nicholas A. McFerren of Blue Springs was ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Traffic is flowing again after a multiple vehicle collision at the intersection of Battlefield Road and Campbell Avenue. Springfield police, fire and ambulance crews are on the scene. Injuries have ...
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Posted on Sep 15, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Two car accidents occurred within two hours of each other at Veterans Parkway and Wabash Avenue Wednesday afternoon. The first involved a 38-year-old Springfield woman who rear-ended a 74-year-old ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Six people were injured Monday — four of them children — when a pickup truck crossed the center line and struck a van near Bolivar. Aqua Underwood, 6, Deacon Underwood, 8, Ocean Underwood, ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A Collinsville man was killed Monday afternoon and three people in a minivan were injured when two vehicles collided on Caseyville Road, police say. The victim's grandfather, John Caswell, ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A motorcyclist suffered serious head injuries when a car collided with him this morning at Sixth and St. Joseph streets. Robert T. Lenhart Jr., 64, of Springfield was taken by ambulance to St. ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 35-year-old woman who said she was motioned out of a parking lot by another driver was hit by an oncoming vehicle Tuesday near MacArthur Boulevard and Laurel Street. Rebecca L. Keck of New Berlin ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 10-year-old Lee's Summit girl was serious injured over the weekend when she fell overboard and was struck by a propeller. Bobbie J. Brooker was a passenger in a pontoon boat when she fell ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
The husband of a patient killed in last week's medical helicopter crash is going to court, claiming the operator took unnecessary risks by running with low fuel. Terry Tacoronte's husband, ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
An accident this morning knocked a van into a closed Overland Park swimming pool. Two vans were apparently going south on Antioch Road when one rear-ended the other and knocked it through a chain-link ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
A 49-year-old Springfield man involved in a car accident at Chatham Road and Monroe Street was treated and released at St. John’s Hospital Wednesday. Mike M. Naser of Navajo Drive was southbound ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By Samuel M. Wendt
Both vehicles involved in an accident at Ninth Street and South Grand Avenue Wednesday at 1:18 p.m. were towed. The driver of one of the vehicles, Pamela C. Davis, 20, of the 1500 block of West ...
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