Personal Injury Law

Five injured in Two-Car Accident Near Cowgill, Missouri

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Five people were injured, two seriously, in a two-car wreck Friday afternoon at the intersection of S.E Tobin Valley Drive and S.E. Crab Apple Drive near Cowgill.

Michael Mathews, 41, was driving westbound in a 1999 Dodge when he entered an uncontrolled intersection and was struck on the driver?s side by a 1998 Lincoln being driven by Barbara Eldridge, 39, according to the highway patrol.

Mathews? vehicle overturned and caught fire next to the roadway.

The investigating officer said Mathews suffered moderate injuries and was taken by ambulance to Liberty Hospital. Vincent Mathews, 13, a passenger in the Dodge, suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to Children?s Mercy in Kansas City.

Eldridge and her grandson, Dashawn Fearno, 5, were taken by ambulance to Cameron hospital. Robert Eldridge, 63, who was also in the Lincoln, was airlifted to North Kansas City Hospital with serious injuries, according to the patrol report.

This incident is very similar to one we have been following in Lockwood, Missouri that also took place in an uncontrolled intersection. Just like that incident, this car accident occurred when two vehicles entered the intersection at the same time and the driver on the left failed to yield to the driver on the right.

Since uncontrolled intersections have no lights or signs to direct traffic, drivers must be sure they follow driving regulations on their own. If you are approaching an uncontrolled intersection, you must yield to any cars already in the intersection. If two cars enter the intersection at the same time, the driver on the left must yield to the driver on his immediate right.

A full investigation, including an accident reconstruction, will be needed to fully determine how this Missouri car wreck happened.

If you or a member of your family have been injured in a Missouri or Illinois car accident and would like a free legal consultation, contact us at The Bradley Law Firm.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on June 23, 2008 (boomark / email).