3-year-old child dies in car accident near Belleville
Any fatal accident is sad, but when it involves a 3-year-old child, it becomes truly tragic. On Oct. 16, the child was killed near Belleville, Illinois, when the van he was riding in went out of control and he was thrown from the vehicle. The woman driving the van was...
Head-on collision leaves three people dead
A tragic scene unfolded the morning of Oct. 11, when a van carrying developmentally disabled residents of an adult rehabilitation center was struck head-on, leaving three people dead. Fulton County, Illinois, police determined that a 25-year-old man driving west on...
Belleville man guilty in fatal car accident
A Belleville, Illinois, man has pled guilty in a deadly drunk driving car accident that left one man dead and another seriously injured. The accident happened Dec. 10, 2010. The man's guilty plea was accepted in St. Clair County Circuit Court. The driver of the car, a...
Parents of infant injured in car accident initiate lawsuit
It can be devastating to parents when their child is injured in a car accident, especially when the child is only a 1-year-old infant. Even more difficult is the ability to makes immediate assessments of the extent of the injuries for a child who is incapable of...