Personal Injury Law

One dead and two injured in Franklin County, Missouri accident

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Cory Ramsey, 16, was killed and two other were seriously injured Friday evening in a two car accident on North Goodes Mill Road in Franklin County, Missouri.

According to the investigating officer from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred when Bryant Vetter, 16, lost control of his 2004 Cavalier while traveling southbound on North Goodes Mill Road. Vetter?s car crossed the center line where it struck a Dodge Ram pickup, driven by Robert Riegal, 56, head on.

Ramsey, a passenger in Vetter?s car, was pronounced dead at the scene. Vetter and Riegal were taken to St. John?s Hospital in Washington, Missouri for treatment.

None of the three people involved were wearing a seatbelt.

The initial crash report did not say what could have caused Vetter to head into oncoming traffic. It also did not say that a citation was issued to either driver. An experienced St. Louis area personal injury lawyer would follow up and expand on the information in the initial crash report. He would look for any signs of mechanical failure as well as driver error and determine whose negligence caused this tragic accident.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).