Personal Injury Law

Jefferson County crash injures three

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Three people were hospitalized, including one young child, after a Missouri car accident at the intersection of Route A and Old Highway A in Jefferson County.

According to the investigating officer of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Beverly Cornman, 52, was sitting on Old Highway A at a stop sign in her 2004 Dodge Durango. At the same time, Adrienn Hardebeck, 23, was approaching the intersection on Route A in a 1998 Kia Sephia. Just before Hardebeck entered the intersection, Cornman attempted to cross Route A toward Frontier Road. In doing so, Cornman pulled into the path of Hardebeck, who was unable to avoid a collision, and a side-impact crash occurred.

Adrienn Hardebeck and a child in her car, Sonia Hardebeck, 4, were taken by ambulance to Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Cornman was also injured and sought treatment at Jefferson Regional Medical Center.

The initial crash report for this St. Louis area injury accident did not say why Cornman attempted to cross the intersection when she did. Further details may tell investigators whether Cornman did not see Hardebeck's vehicle or whether Hardebeck was traveling at a high rate of speed or some other scenario.

Hardebeck was driving without insurance, according to the initial report, but no citation was listed.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on April 29, 2010 (boomark / email).