Personal Injury Law

Two car accident sends three to hospital

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

A St. Louis area car accident injured three people, two seriously, on a highway outer road in Jefferson County.

The accident occurred as two oncoming vehicles clipped each other when one crossed the center line, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Nicole Isbell, 16, was driving a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier southbound on the outer road. The second car was a 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis, driven by Denise Price, 43. As the two vehicles were about to pass each other, Isbell's car drifted across the center line and clipped the driver's side of Price's vehicle. Price's car then spun out of control off the right side of the roadway and into a rock bluff.

Price and a passenger in her car, Jeremy Price, 9, both suffered significant injury and were taken to local hospitals. Isbell's injuries were relatively minor, but she was also taken to the hospital for treatment.

Both drivers' insurance was listed as unknown in the initial crash report, but no citation for uninsured driving was noted.

After a Missouri car crash, the at-fault driver's insurance is supposed to pay for the medical bills and other expenses incurred by the injured party. Sometimes this is not so cut and dry, however, and the insurance company fights to limit the amount they pay. Other times, a driver may be driving illegally without insurance. In these more complicated cases, it is good to learn you legal rights as an accident victim by contact a St. Louis personal injury lawyer.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on April 17, 2010 (boomark / email).