The Missouri State Highway Patrol officers are typically very busy over the holidays. With increased volumes of traffic, car accidents are prevalent, and many injured victims end up in hospitals. One of the crashes that occurred in Boone County on the afternoon...

As long as passenger vehicles and big rigs share the same roads, occupants of cars will be at risk. When a car is in the way of an out-of-control tractor-trailer, car accident injuries can be catastrophic -- or even fatal. Such an incident recently occurred on a...

If your mind is not on the road when you're driving, you run the risk of ignoring potential hazards and not reacting in time to avoid an accident. There are many things that can distract a driver, with cell phone use leading the list. Fortunately, drivers can cut down...

Any Missouri driver with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or higher is legally intoxicated. Causing car accidents when intoxicated cannot only land a driver behind bars, but it can also cause the deaths of others. One such a tragedy claimed the life of a...