Personal Injury Law

Fiery crash sends four to hospital in Mid-Missouri

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Photo from Columbia Tribune

Four people were injured Sunday afternoon in a crash involving two cars and a tractor trailer on Interstate 70 in Boone County, Missouri.

The Missouri car crash began when James Jantz, 45, lost control of his 2001 Ford Crown Victoria and began to hydroplane on eastbound I-70, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Jantz?s car struck another eastbound vehicle, a 2006 Mazda driven by Kelly Brown, 23.

Jantz?s vehicle continued to spin out of control before hitting a guard rail and finally coming to a rest in the median. The impact of the initial crash caused Brown?s car to go through the median cables into the westbound lanes of I-70 where it struck a 2007 Freightliner tractor trailer head on.

The tractor trailer also ran off the roadway after the impact, hit two signs, overturned and was engulfed in flames.

Brown and passenger in her car, Chad Bingheim, 24, suffered serious injury and were taken to University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. The driver of the tractor trailer, Mohammed Ali, 28, and a passenger, Pamelia Ali, 39, suffered moderate injuries and were also taken to University hospital. Jantz was not injured according to the initial crash report filed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

This complicated crash needs the attention of an experienced Missouri personal injury lawyer. The brief description in the initial crash report can?t come close to fully detailing all the events leading up to the crash. The speeds of the vehicles, the conditions of the median barriers, and the road conditions are all factors that will need to be investigated.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).