Nationwide Auto Accidents Blog

Three people were recently injured in a crash that happened near the Chester Bridge in Perry County, Missouri. Authorities say that the car accident occured on MO51 just south of the Chester Bridge.

A 23-year-old man from Chester, Illinois, was attempting to pass a tractor-trailer when he pulled into the path of an oncoming 2005 Dodge Pickup driven by a 44-year-old man from House Springs, Missouri.

A 29-year-old St. Louis man was killed in a T-Bone car accident Wednesday evening near the St. Louis airport. The crash happened around 9:30 p.m. at Airport Road and Evergreen Road.

Authorities say that the man was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe on southbound Evergreen Road when he failed to stop at a red light.

With weather has finally improved in Missouri, which means that many more motorcyclists are on roads across the state. The return of good weather means that the number of motorcycle accident will slowly start to increase across the state.

One of the most recent fatal motorcycle accidents happened last Sunday in Franklin County. Authorities say that a 49-year-old man from Elgin, Oklahoma, was driving on Eastbound I-44 near the 235 mile marker.

A 19-year-old Laquey girl was recently killed in a Pulaski County car accident. Authorities say that the crash happened on around 8 a.m. yesterday on Highway 28, about two miles south of Dixon.

The teen ran off of the roadway and drove into a ditch. Her 1986 Honda then struck a tree and caught fire as she was trapped inside. She was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident around 8:40 a.m. by Pulaski County coroner Mikel Hartness.

A woman was severely injured in a car accident outside of Hornersville, Missouri, yesterday evening. Hornersville is a small town in Dunklin County. It is on the Mississippi River, near the border with Arkansas and Tennessee.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the woman was driving on Highway N about five miles North of Hornersville when she attempted to pass another car on the road around 5 p.m.. The woman failed attempt at passing resulted in her overcorrecting and running off of the road.

In our last post we discussed a car accident involving two Franklin County teens. Another serious Missouri car accident has left one teen dead and four other young people injured.

The accident happened in Lawrence County last Sunday around 5:45 p.m. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that a 17-year-old girl was driving on southbound County Road 1180 near Aurora when she lost control of her vehicle.

Two Franklin County teens were seriously injured in a car accident last night. Missouri Highway Patrol troopers say that a 16-year-old boy from Union, Missouri, was driving on Country Club Road around 9 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve and lost control of his vehicle near Route A.

The boy's car left the road and hit a tree. Authorities say that the teen was rushed to Mercy Hospital with moderate personal injuries.

We all know that texting and driving is dangerous, but what might be surprising is that texting while driving is a bigger problem among adults than it is among teens. USA Today reports that a recent survey conducted by AT&T found that half of adults text while driving whereas only 43 percent of teens do.

"I was a little bit surprised," an AT&T spokeswoman said. "It was sobering to realize that texting while driving by adults is not only high, it's really gone up in the last three years."

A late-night Washington County car accident recently killed a 21-year-old Park Hills woman. Authorities say that the crash occurred on Cannon Mines Road, near Route CC shortly before midnight on Thursday.

The woman was traveling too quickly on a sharp right curve and ran off of the road. The woman's 2001 Chevrolet Malibu hit an embankment and rolled over. Assistant Washington County Coroner Steve Hatfield pronounced the woman dead at the scene of the crash shortly after midnight.