Recent Multi-Vehicle Accident in Missouri

Multi-vehicle accidents are often unavoidable and can be particularly catastrophic, even life-altering. A mulch-vehicle accident that occurred on August 20 around 7:15 AM in Kansas City, Missouri resulted in the hospitalization of seven people. Investigators say the chain reaction began when a maroon SUV headed westbound on Vivion Road crossed the center line and hit …

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Updated: April 8, 2023

Do Red-Light Cameras Make Intersections Safer or More Dangerous?

Drivers and the government should be on the same side when it comes to safety. One University of Tennessee researcher is asking whether red-light cameras installed at intersections are actually making conditions safer for motorists, or whether the cameras are primarily being used to make money. Professor Lee Han of Tennessee’s civil engineering department, has …

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Updated: April 5, 2025

SUV Crashes Into Day Care

Drivers have a duty of care to drive safely and protect others who share the road. Last month a car accident at a Kansas City day care injured the vehicle driver and three children. Police report that a sport utility vehicle rear ended a Cadillac that was parked. The car was smashed through the wall …

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Updated: April 5, 2025

Man Arraigned After Fleeing From Hospital After Accident

Drunk driving puts other drivers at serious risk of injury or even death. On June 29, there was an accident that ended in two fatalities and three people injured. The accident took place on Highway 100 around 7:00 p.m. at Route M. The man who caused the accident then fled from the hospital where he …

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Updated: April 5, 2025

New Safety Rules To Combat Driver Fatigue

The Hoffmann Law Firm, L.L.C. has the resources to help victims of truck accidents in Missouri and Illinois. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration set new regulations in 2011 that responded to the widespread problem of truck driver fatigue. Trucking companies had 18 months to put these into practice and on …

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Updated: April 5, 2025

St. Francois County Man Killed in Accident

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A double vehicle crash in St. Francois County  recently resulted in the death of one man. The accident occurred at 9:35 p.m. on Missouri Route 8, when David Swanguarim, 33, of Desloge, Mo. attempted to pass another car. Swanguarium reportedly lost control of his 1988 Chevy Cavalier, skidded sideways, and struck the front of the …

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Updated: August 13, 2024