Subject:

Traffic Accidents

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Corbin Bergstresser, Mizzou QB, Arrested After Leaving the Scene of an Accident

    Corbin Bergstresser, the University of Missouri Tigers provisional number two quarterback next season, was arrested early this morning by Boone County police. According to KOMU-8 in Columbia, Bergstresser hit a parked car around 3:15 p.m. and then drove off. He was arrested for leaving the scene of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Aaron Bogue Charged in Death of AAA Tow Truck Driver David Bense

    Aaron Bogue, 21, has been charged with leaving the scene of an injury crash in the hit and run death of tow truck driver David Bense. Bense was reportedly wearing a safety vest and placing road flares around a stalled vehicle on I-70 near West Florissant Road when Bogue struck and killed him Monday ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    MetroLink Train Collides with Car in Washington Park

    A MetroLink train on the Washington Park-East St. Louis line collided with a car at 37th Street and St. Clair Avenue in Washington Park, Illinois, early this morning. No one on the train was injured, but the driver of the car was taken to the hospital according to reports.MetroLink's Rider Alerts sy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Men's Health Ranks St. Louis as #1 City for Car Accidents

    ​As we reported last week, Missouri is on a record-setting pace for fatal automobile accidents in 2012, mainly because of Missourians disdain for the seatbelt. Men's Health magazine, in one of its many "Metrograde" listicles, has further pinpointed the problem: On the whole, St. Louisans are the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Missouri Traffic Fatalities Up in 2011; Seatbelts Ignored By 2/3rds of Victims

    ​The Missouri Highway Patrol reported this week that traffic deaths statewide are up this year. Between January 1 and March 7, Missouri roadways saw 29 more traffic fatalities than they did during the same time frame last year. If the accidents continue at their current clip (125 through March 7), ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    Until Death Do Us Part

    ​The Missouri Highway Patrol reported this week that traffic deaths statewide are up this year. Between January 1 and March 7, Missouri roadways saw 29 more traffic fatalities than they did during the same time frame last year. If the accidents continue at their current clip (125 through March 7), ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Man Leaves Hit-and-Run Accident, Other Driver Catches Up With His Gun

    ​St. Louis Metropolitan Police report that a 19-year-old black male rear-ended a Dodge truck, but admittedly didn't stop to exchange information. Instead, he drove off and the truck followed him. Both drivers eventually pulled over in the 9000 block of Riverview Drive (above) around 1:30 p.m. Sund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Flintstone's Chewable Heroin?

    ​An 11-year-old Madison County girl found some mysterious capsules on a dresser in her home and asked her mother, Nicole L. Edwards, what they were. Mom told her they were vitamins and left it at that -- she also left the capsules with her kid. The girl, who was smart enough to recognize that most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    RFT Music Presents the Worst Christmas Song of All Time

    Linda Bennett with Ricky Nelson on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet in 1960, fifteen years before the atrocity that is "An Old Fashioned Christmas (Daddy's Home)."​Yesterday Jezebel anointed "The Christmas Shoes" the worst Christmas song of all time. We at RFT Music agree that this maudlin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Norman Tammons: The Carjacker Who Couldn't Drive Straight

    Norman Tammons​Norman Tammons has been charged with four counts of robbery and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident after he allegedly stole three cars Saturday in St. Louis and crashed all three vehicles within minutes. According to authorities, the 31-year-old from Centreville approa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Yet Another Young Amish Man Killed in Horse-and-Buggy Accident

    Image viaAn Amish horse-and-buggy accident​Driving-while-Amish has proved, once again, a hazardous activity in Missouri. A 19-year-old Amish kid died on Friday after his horse-and-buggy was rear-ended by an SUV north of Seymour a few days earlier. This comes two years after a 29-year-old Amish man ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    St. Louis Stays Off FBI's Cop-Killer List for 2010

    ​Newsflash from the most dangerous city in the country: 56 on-duty law enforcement officers were killed during felonious acts in 2010, and not one of those killings occurred in St. Louis. The Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday published its annual report tracking the number of such de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Body Found in Burning Car in South City Friday

    The 3600 block of Pennsylvania, where a body was found in a burning car on Friday.​ When the St. Louis Fire Department responded to a report of a burning car Friday morning near Gravois Park, they found more than just smoke, fire and burning rubber.They found a dead body.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Vigilante Savagery: Woman Beat With Baseball Bat by Relative of Hit-and-Run Victim

    Belleville News-Democrat​File this one in the most-disturbing-stories-of-the-week category. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that a woman -- who is currently a suspect in a hit-and-run case -- recently left jail and was promptly beaten with a baseball bat by the mother of a victim of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    John Foster Courtney Death Leads to Increased Police Presence in the Grove

    Justin Kramarczyk faces a felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident.​John Foster Courtney, a popular rugby player and 29-year-old south-city resident, lost his life July 4 -- 23 hours after he was struck by a driver speeding through Manchester Road in the popular Grove district. Witnesses ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Baby Killed After Car Lost Control at I-55 Loughborough Exit

    The 7100 block of Idaho, where an out-of-control vehicle from I-55 came to its deadly stop.​File this one under devastating:A 17-month-old baby has died after an early morning accident July 4. Police say the driver of the car carrying Bella Houston lost control of her vehicle on I-55 near the Loug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    John Foster Courtney: South-City Man, 29, Killed in Grove Hit-and-Run

    John Courtney, 29, was apparently killed on Manchester by a hit-and-run driver.​Here's a sad update to a story we briefly mentioned earlier in our crime roundup: The young man who was struck and killed by a Hyundai just after midnight July 4 has been identified as John Foster Courtney.Courtney, 29 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    New Study Suggests Red-Light Cameras Significantly Reduce Fatal Accidents

    Cameras save lives, says study. But at what cost? ​Here's one for all you red-light camera haters: A study released yesterday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) suggests that cameras saved 159 lives in the fourteen biggest U.S. cities that used the technology from 2004 through 20 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Jason Ross: St. Louis Trucker Drives Nine Miles in Wrong Lane of I-70, Kills Motorist

    Jason Ross​A truck driver from St. Louis is in custody today in Colorado after driving nine miles in the wrong lane of Interstate 70 before colliding with a Buick and killing a 71-year-old motorist. According to reports, Jason Ross climbed into the cab of his 35-ton semi around 8 p.m. last night a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    William Sapp: Second Driver Arrested in Drag Race Gone Horribly Wrong

    William Mack Sapp​Police have arrested the second driver involved in a drag race that injured the flag girl north of downtown St. Louis Sunday night. William Mack Sapp, 19, of south St. Louis County, was charged yesterday with second-degree assault and felony leaving the scene of an accident. St. ... More >>

  • Music

    September 29, 2010

    Alice in Chains/Deftones/Mastodon

    7 p.m. Friday, October 1. Scottrade Center, 1401 Clark Avenue.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Benefit Shows and Events Scheduled for Dave Hagerty and Ellen Cook

    ​In the weeks following the hit-and-run car accident that claimed the life of Fattback's Dave Hagerty and injured his girlfriend Ellen Cook, the local music community has continued to lend its support to help defray medical costs.This evening, beginning at 5 p.m., CJ Muggs in Webster Groves will h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Person of Interest ID'ed in Hit-and-Run That Killed Dave Hagerty

    ​St. Louis police are hunting for Fermin Jantes, whom they have identified as a person of interest in the August 1 hit-and-run car crash that killed Dave Hagerty, the lead singer of the band Fattback. The police identified Jantes as the driver of the pickup truck that hit Hagerty's car via su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    New and Old Worlds Collide: Was Man Texting and Driving When He Struck Amish Buggy?

    ​That's the speculation in mid-Missouri where a man was charged yesterday with second-degree involuntary manslaughter slamming into an Amish buggy in January.According to reports, 43-year-old Jeffrey Fleming of Staunton, Illinois, was traveling down Highway 63 in rural Randolph County this past Ja ... More >>

  • Music

    July 21, 2010

    Pam Tillis

    7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, July 23. Lumière Theatre at the Lumière Place Casino, 999 North Second Street.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    World's Fair Donuts Reopens

    Ian FroebTime to make the doughnuts!​Doughnut lovers, our long national nightmare is over. World's Fair Donuts (1940 South Vandeventer Avenue; 314-776-9975) has reopened after a two-week break necessitated, according to the sign posted on the front door, by an car accident.I've been trying to cont ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Be Careful How You Drive on I-270 This Summer: The HEAT is On

    In an effort to cut down on the number of traffic accidents, nine local law enforcement agencies have formed a high enforcement action team to patrol I-270 more closely this summer. They'll be paying special attention to speeders, tailgaters and non-seatbelt-wearers. Image source​

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Man Killed Crossing Kingshighway in Hit-and-Run in South St. Louis

    A 66-year-old man was crossing Kingshighway at Connecticut near Tower Grove Park last night when he was struck and killed by a car that ran allegedly ran a red-light. Kingshighway and Connecticut as viewed looking north.​Witnesses reported that the man was in the crosswalk around 9:11 p.m. when he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Death of Amish Man on Highway 63 Ruled a Homicide, Police Want Cell Phone Records

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/passer-by/ / CC BY-SA 2.0​You may recall how, last month, 29-year-old Eli Borntrager of Madison died after getting thrown from his horse-and-buggy in a crash on Highway 63 near Moberly. According to the story in the Hannibal Courier-Post, police have ruled it a h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Freese! You're Under Arrest

    ​St. Louis Cardinals third-base prospect David Freese was arrested in Maryland Heights early Saturday on the suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Few other details have emerged about the incident, though Freese was not involved in an accident when detained by police.The Post-Dispatch notes this ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2009

    Ian McLagan

    8 p.m. Tuesday, November 24. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue. 21 plus: $15 in advance, $20 day of show.

  • Music

    May 20, 2009

    Dale Watson

    10 p.m. Thursday, May 21. Deluxe Fine Food & Spirits, 2733

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Officers Survive Close Call as Man Fires Shot Through Windshield of Police Cruiser

    Two St. Louis police officers are lucky to be alive following a chase early Wednesday morning though the Tower Grove South Neighborhood. Police report seeing a stolen vehicle driving erratically, and later running a red light at approximately 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The car later turned the wrong way d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Nashville Singer-Songwriter Will Hoge in Stable Condition After Scooter Crash

    Two St. Louis police officers are lucky to be alive following a chase early Wednesday morning though the Tower Grove South Neighborhood. Police report seeing a stolen vehicle driving erratically, and later running a red light at approximately 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The car later turned the wrong way d ... More >>

  • Music

    March 5, 2008

    Vic Chesnutt

    8 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2008

    Local Metal Band Head On Collision Needs a Bassist

    8 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2007

    Music Awards Winners

    8 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2007

    Wasted

    8 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2007

    Wasted

    8 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue

  • Music

    November 8, 2006

    Pam Tillis

    8 p.m. Saturday, November 11. Rickman Auditorium (745 Jeffco Boulevard, Arnold).

  • News

    September 20, 2006

    Life Cycles

    St. Louis-area bicyclists are still bitter over the sentence given to the man who accidentally killed Michael Katz.

  • Music

    August 9, 2006

    Your Enemies Friends

    5 p.m. Saturday, August 12. Creepy Crawl (3524 Washington Boulevard).

  • Music

    April 19, 2006

    The Dials

    Saturday, April 22, at 9 p.m. The Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue)

  • Music

    January 11, 2006

    Local Motion

    Week of January 12, 2006

  • Music

    November 30, 2005

    Bright Eyes

    Motion Sickness (Team Love)

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2004

    Best Fried Chicken

    Romine's

  • News

    June 16, 2004

    Road Rules

    When a checkpoint isn't really a checkpoint, the constitutional forecast is cloudy

  • Film

    January 15, 2003

    Series/Festivals

    Week of January 15, 2003

  • Music

    October 3, 2001

    Bobby Rush with Mel Waiters

    Friday, Oct. 5; Club 54

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 27, 2000

    Best Roof

    Ethical Society of St. Louis

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