Missouri Highway Patrol Investigating New Year's Day Crashes
The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating some automobile accidents that occurred on New Year’s Day in southwest Missouri, according to memphisdemocrat.com. However, overall Missouri highway statistics were greatly improved from New Year’s Day 2010 to New Year’s Day 2011.
On the evening of New Year’s Eve through New Year’s Day 2010, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported four fatalities from traffic accidents. In addition, there were 319 crashes, 92 injuries and 113 arrests for drunk driving. During that same period in 2011, there was one fatality, 157 crashes, 70 injuries, and 90 arrests for drunk driving. The fatality that occurred this year was caused by a driver who hit a tractor trailer head-on, and both vehicles caught on fire. The driver of the tractor trailer wasn’t injured, but the other driver died at the scene of the collision.
The motor vehicle accidents the Missouri Highway Patrol are investigating occurred on New Year’s Day. In one of the accidents, a driver failed to yield at an intersection and collided with an oncoming car. No one was seriously hurt. In the second accident, a teenage driver ran off the right side of the road and struck a bridge railing. The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Although New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are notoriously dangerous times to be on the road, accident statistics in Missouri for this time period seem to be improving. If you are involved in an accident on Missouri’s roadways due to another driver’s negligence, you may have a potential claim for compensation for your injuries. Contact the St. Louis injury accident attorneys at Page Law, LLC. Call us today at 1-314-488-2433 for a free consultation.
