Personal Injury Law

Missouri bike accident lawyer - Bicycle accidents are on the rise in Missouri

By Benjamin J. Sansone, Esq.

As a St Louis Missouri personal injury lawyer and a bicyclist, one of the main areas of personal injury law that I focus on are bike and motorcycle accidents. If you select the bicycle accidents tab of my blog and the motorcycle accidents tab, you will see that I have discussed this topic at length and have some current cases up on appeal in an attempt to make the laws more favorable to Missouri bicyclists.

I keep track of the multiple cases of serious injury and often death that occur in Missouri on a weekly basis, below are just a few of the articles across Missouri from this week discussing bike and motorcycle injuries.

Missouri Motorcycle Accident - Man injured after losing control of motorcycle
The accident occurred around 3 pm today about a mile south of Carl Junction, according to a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol. ... Missouri Motorcycle Accident Article

Missouri bicyclist dies in collision with vehicle, patrol reports the accident occurred when the bike rider rode his southbound bicycle into the path of an eastbound 2002 Chevrolet Suburban ... SEE Missouri bike accident article.

Ballplayer's Cousin Makes Plea Deal In Deadly Wreck Killing Missouri Bike Rider. Wilfredo Pujols pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, resisting arrest and two counts of fleeing the scene of a motor vehicle accident which resulted in the death of a teenager crossing the road on a bicycle after Pujols ran a red light while fleeing from police. See article discussing the wrongful death Missouri bike accident.

Full post as published by Missouri Injury Law Blog on December 15, 2008 (boomark / email).