Personal Injury Law

St. Clair County crash kills one and injures four

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

Casey Bain, 25, was killed and another four people were seriously injured in a Missouri car accident that took place on Route B in St. Clair County.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident took place just before 8 p.m. near the town of Rockville. The two vehicles involved, a 2005 Ford Pickup and a 1990 Chevrolet Pickup, were both approaching the same intersection from different directions. According to the investigating officer, Benjamin Balthrope, 30, the driver of the northbound Chevy pickup, failed to stop at a stop sign. Michael Durst, 54, who was behind of the wheel of the westbound Ford pickup, was unable to avoid a collision and slammed his truck into the side of Balthrope's.

Bain was pronounced dead at the scene. Balthrope, Durst, and two passengers in Durst's truck were all taken to local hospitals with serious and potentially life-threatening injuries.

According to the initial crash report, most of the people involved were not wearing a seat belt at the time of this Missouri injury accident.

The drivers were both tested for alcohol in accordance with Missouri law. Balthrope was listed as driving uninsured, though no citation was indicated on the initial report.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on July 01, 2010 (boomark / email).