It is not unusual for you to waive your right to get medical attention after an accident. Sometimes you don’t think you’re hurt or have sustained any injuries. What you need to understand is that your body is going through shock, and injuries are not always visible. You may not be fully feeling the trauma [...]
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Our kids are back in school. Please observe all traffic laws and be on the lookout for those kids streaming in and out of buses and walking to school
A 44-year-old woman has been injured in a pedestrian accident that occurred in Kansas City on Saturday. According to police officials, the hearing impaired woman was walking across the street with her husband when she was struck by a southbound van. It was raining at the time and the woman was walking next to parked [...]
Officials in Missouri are concerned with the increase in the number of fatal pedestrian accidents that have occurred recently. The recent death of a 64-year-old crossing guard has brought this year's total up to eight, two more than the whole year in 2010. Safety experts are concerned about this issue statewide. There have been 21 [...]
A Kansas City man was struck and killed in a pedestrian accident last week while walking to work. The 54-year-old man was walking to Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley where he worked to turn education material into usable formats for disabled students. The accident occurred at Main and 31st Street, and area the man walked daily. [...]
Kansas City Police are currently investigating a hit-and-run pedestrian accident that occurred last week. According to witnesses, a van was driving erratically on the roadway and swerving in and out of the lanes of traffic when it jumped the curb and struck a 19-year-old man that was walking on the sidewalk. Witnesses believe that the [...]
Kansas City police are still investigating a pedestrian accident, but have determined that there as no foul play. The woman was struck by at least six different vehicles as she tried to cross Interstate 29. The 25-year-old Topeka woman attempted to cross the highway at 4:15 a.m. and she walked into the path of a [...]
A man that has been suspected of hitting a pedestrian was located and arrested by police officials two days after the incident. According to state patrol, the man was arrested on U.S. Highway 40 after the community and a database helped to narrow down the vehicle and they eventually found the correct one that was [...]
A man from Ellis, Kansas was killed in a pedestrian accident on Interstate 135. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the 32-year-old man was standing in the middle of the roadway when he was struck by a semi-truck that was pulling two trailers. Investigators believe that the man was in the car with four other [...]
