Personal Injury Law

Multi-car injury accident hospitalizes four in St. Charles County

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

A complicated accident involving four vehicles on eastbound I-70 in St. Charles County, Missouri sent four people to the hospital on Friday.

The Missouri car accident began when a 2007 Ford Focus, driven by Leon Finch, 25, ran off the south outer road and through a chain link fence along the highway. Finch?s car entered the eastbound lanes of I-70 where it first struck the front of a 2009 Chevrolet Impala, driven by Patricia Ward, 57. The impact sent Ward?s vehicle into the path of Marcus Deeker, 56, and his 2001 Ford F-150.

Deeker?s pickup was towing a boat which hit another pickup driven by Timothy Steimel, 22. Steimel then hit Finch?s car and both vehicles came to a rest off the roadway.

Injuries were sustained by four people, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The most seriously injured were Ward and her passenger, Catherine Wineinger, 52. Finch suffered moderate injuries and Steimel was described as having minor injuries. All four people listed on the injury report were taken by ambulance to St. Joseph?s East Hospital in St. Charles, Missouri.

Obviously this is a complicated crash for authorities for a personal injury attorney to analyze. There are many questions that need to be answered by an accident reconstruction or other investigation before liability can be determined. A Missouri car accident attorney will need to look at each individual collision, find out why Finch lost control of his vehicle in the first place and how fast all the other vehicles were traveling.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).