Personal Injury Law

Four vehicles involved in chain reaction crash

By Ryan Bradley, Esq.

A four-car Missouri injury accident on Highway 30 in Jefferson County sent Megan Breuer, 26, to the hospital with serious injuries.

The crash was a chain reaction, bumper-to-bumper wreck that occurred as three of the vehicles, including Breuer's, were stopped at a traffic signal at the intersection of Highway 30 and Route PP. As the cars were waiting for the light to change, a fourth car, a 1993 Pontiac Bonneville driven by Anthony Ventiniglia, 27, crashed into the line of cars. The force of the impact pushed each car into the next and caused the injuries to Breuer.

Breuer was taken by ambulance to St. Clair Hospital for emergency treatment. Ventiniglia and the other two drivers were not listed as injured on the initial crash report.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Ventiniglia didn't see the line of cars and that's what caused the St. Louis area car crash. They did not comment on why Ventiniglia didn't see the traffic directly in front of him or if he was distracted by something else.

The initial report also says that Ventiniglia was driving without insurance, though no citation was listed.

Full post as published by Missouri Accident Lawyer Blog on August 24, 2010 (boomark / email).