Personal Injury Law

One killed and 5 others injured in tragic Missouri wreck

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Matthew Eberhardt, 32, was killed and five others were hospitalized after a car accident in the St. Louis area along Highway 67.

Eberhardt was riding in a 2000 Dodge Stratus, driven by Melinda Carter, 39, that had stopped on Victoria Road at the intersection with Highway 67. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, when Carter pulled forward into the highway, she crossed into the path of another vehicle, a 1998 Dodge Dakota, driven by Johnathan Fisk, 22. The right front of the Dakota struck the left front of the Stratus, totaling both vehicles.

Eberhardt was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Carter and a passenger in the Dakota, Terrance Dugan, 25, both suffered serious injuries and needed to be airlifted to local hospitals. Fisk and two other passengers in his vehicle, Rebecca Stallard, 20, and Thomas Voyles, 25, were also injured.

Only Fisk and Stallard were wearing a seat belt at the time of this deadly Missouri car accident.

An accident reconstruction will be performed since there was a fatality in this case. The reconstruction team, along with other investigators, will try to piece together exactly what caused this wreck and figure out the exact sequence of events leading to the collision.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on August 26, 2010 (boomark / email).