A fatal accident on Highway 71 in Kansas City, Missouri left the highway closed for a couple of hours as the police investigated and cleared the scene. Unfortunately, few details are available for this accident. What we do know is that one of the vehicles drove down...
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Fatal car accidents are on the rise in Kansas City
Kansas City officials are seeing a startling increase in fatal car accidents while the rest of the state of Missouri is experiencing a decline in fatal car accidents. The bizarre dichotomy of these statistics has left police officers in Kansas City scratching their...
NHTSA’s drunk driving data is discouraging
Car accidents happen all the time, but one of the most infuriating things about them is just how many of these accidents happen due to negligence or recklessness. So many behaviours fall into this category. Drivers could be distracted by a phone call or a text....
Many issues to consider for victims after a car accident
Victims of car accidents can suffer from a wide variety of issues in the aftermath of the wreck. The obvious point that many people will think of is physical pain. And this is undoubtedly true. People who get into car accidents can suffer a wide range of injuries and...
New Vehicle Safety Tech: What Is Electronic Stability Control?
Missouri automobile shoppers can save a lot of cash by purchasing a used vehicle. It seems that the older the vehicle is, the more money shoppers can save. However, are these savings worth it from a safety perspective? Every year, automakers are incorporating new,...
Street racing to blame for fatal crash that claims 2 lives
In an extremely unfortunate and upsetting accident, two people were killed in a car crash that involved street racing in Kansas City, Missouri. According to the police, the two cars involved — a gold car and a silver car — were racing each other as they...
Will the ‘textalyzer’ be a boon to road safety?
We haven’t talked about distracted driving and texting while driving in a little while, so today we wanted to touch on an interesting issue related to distracted driving. Although the source article for our story today doesn’t involve the state of Missouri, it does...
Some common post-accident questions, answered
In the wake of a car accident, the victims will have many questions about what the next steps are. Here are some common questions that we often get, and some answers to these delicate matters: If the other driver doesn’t have insurance, what do I do? Most...
Car accident kills 1 and injures 2 in Kansas City
Another day, another tragic car accident This one happened in Kansas City, Kansas, where two vehicles were involved in a wreck that appears to have occurred at an intersection, though it is tough to tell based on the photo in the source article. The wreck involved an...
Some info on fatal car accidents and wrongful death lawsuits
Until every vehicle on the road is autonomous, car accidents are going to occur in massive numbers. And even in that perceived utopian future, self-driving car will break down, malfunction, and make mistakes every now and then. In other words, there will still be...
