Accident articles related to St. Louis
A Greyhound bus crash involving multiple semi-trucks left three dead and 14 injured in Highland, Illinois. The incident occurred Wednesday morning. Four people from the bus were transported to the hospital via helicopter and 10 more were rushed to the local hospitals by ambulance.
The driver of a semi-truck was airlifted to the hospital after a crash involving a train in Wright City. The collision occurred on Friday afternoon at Archer and Veterans Memorial Parkway. The driver suffered serious injuries.
One person was ejected from a car in a five-car crash on I-255 near Dupo, Illinois. The ejected person suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to a hospital. Two others with non-life-threatening injuries were taken by ambulances to a hospital.
A fatal accident on I-270 Westbound in St. Louis has shut down all lanes of traffic. A vehicle could not stop in time, hitting existing traffic and catching fire. One person has died.
Westbound I-70 was closed at Jennings Station due to a vehicle accident. No information on injuries is available at this time.
A 17-year-old from Union was killed in a single-car crash Saturday night in Franklin County. The teen was driving on Liberty School Road when he hit a tree. He was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital.
A collision on Interstate 44 in St. Louis County has left one man dead and another seriously injured. Thomas Brennecke of Ballwin was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash happened just after 5:10 p.m. on Saturday.
Zacharye T. Evans, 29, was killed in a two-car accident in Lincoln County Friday night. Evans had traveled off of the left side of the road while traveling westbound. He then overcorrected and skidded back across the roadway. Evans’ vehicle overturned and partially ejected him. Evans was not wearing a seatbelt, according to MSHP.
David Simmons, 28, died in a crash on I-270 in north St. Louis County. Simmons was traveling too fast and too close to another vehicle before he attempted to avoid a crash with another driver. He ended up striking another vehicle, left the roadway and overturned, according to the MSHP crash report.
James Gillispie, 76, died in a motorcycle crash in Miller County, Missouri. A woman was also injured in the crash. MSHP Troop F has investigated 20 deaths from crashes this year.