Personal Injury Blog

Ryan Bradley | June 5, 2011 | Tractor Trailer Crash \ Truck Accident

An inattentive truck driver caused a four vehicle Columbia Missouri truck accident when she failed to notice slowed traffic. The Boone County Missouri tractor trailer accident, which injured five people from Columbia, occurred on June 1, 2011 at 4:05pm. Truck driver Pearl T. Anderson of… read more

Ryan Bradley | June 2, 2011 | Falling Debris From Tractor Trailers \ Truck Accident

Flying ice from a tractor trailer has injured a Missouri woman. Stacey Spies, 37, was headed eastbound on Interstate 70 in her Chevrolet Cavalier, when a large chunk of ice flew off a semi-truck trailer, crashing through her windshield, striking Ms. Spies in the head…. read more

Ryan Bradley | May 29, 2011 | Truck Accident

A 96-year-old man from Boonville, Missouri was killed in a Howard County dump truck accident. The side collision dump truck accident occurred on US-40 near Howard County Road 345 at 2:24pm on May 3, 2011. Warsh A. Elbert of Boonville, Missouri pulled out of a… read more

Ryan Bradley | May 7, 2011 | Federal Motor Carrier Regulations \ Tractor Trailer Laws \ Truck Accident

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently proposed eliminating a braking safety requirement after a petition for rulemaking was presented by a lobbying organization for trucking companies. The FMCSA proposes to eliminate the operational brake requirement for the final saddle-mounted tractor or truck in… read more

Ryan Bradley | May 5, 2011 | Tractor Trailer Crash \ Truck Accident

Four Kansas citizens were injured in a Jasper County Missouri trucking accident near Joplin, Missouri. The Missouri truck accident occurred on May 3, 2011 at 12:25pm. A 1998 Kenworth tractor trailer slammed into the driver’s side of a 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo on MO-43, five… read more

Ryan Bradley | May 2, 2011 | Federal Motor Carrier Regulations \ Truck Accident

The number of Missouri commercial truck accidents has the FMCSA looking at new ways to make the roads safer. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is the federal body that regulates the trucking industry. The goal of the FMCSA is to reduce the number of… read more

Ryan Bradley | April 12, 2011 | Missouri Fatal Truck Accidents \ Truck Accident

Two Edgerton residents were killed in a Clinton County Missouri truck accident that occurred on December 1, 2011. Two other Edgerton residents were seriously injured. The fatal Missouri truck accident occurred at the intersection of Missouri highway 116 and U.S. highway 69, roughly four miles… read more

Ryan Bradley | April 10, 2011 | Legislative News \ Truck Accident

54 year old Kansas City tow truck driver Floyd R. Helton caused a tow truck accident while intoxicated. According to reports, Helton ran a stop sign at Ninth and Wyandotte streets late Saturday afternoon. Helton crashed into an SUV after running the stop sign. The… read more

Ryan Bradley | April 9, 2011 | Tractor Trailer Crash \ Truck Accident

A 70 year old Wentzville woman was killed in a St. Charles County Missouri dump truck accident. Her husband witnessed the fatal Saint Charles County Missouri trucking accident from his vehicle, which was behind hers during the accident. Shirley A. Kutter of Wentzville, Missouri stopped… read more

Ryan Bradley | April 4, 2011 | Tractor Trailer Crash \ Truck Accident

A fiery Saint Charles County Missouri crash between a gas tanker and a Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) truck blocked westbound I-70 traffic at 11:05am on April 1, 2011. The tanker driver has been issued a summons for charges. Brian M. Heintzelman, 39, of Winfield,… read more