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Report gives Missouri a poor grade for its lacking roadway safety laws
Ethan Erickson 3 hrs ago  7
Large accident on North Broadway shuts road
St. Louis police officers investigate the scene of an accident at North Broadway and East Taylor Avenue on April 12, 2021. A driver fleeing from police ran a red light and caused a six-vehicle crash that injured eight people, including the fleeing suspect, who suffered critical injuries, officials said at the time.

Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch
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Ethan Erickson
An organization devoted to roadway safety has given Missouri poor marks in its annual report on road laws.

The Washington, D.C.-based lobbying organization Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety released its annual “Roadmap to Safety” report card this week, which grades states on driving laws.

Missouri was one of nine states to earn a red rating, the lowest tier.

A teen driver on Sunday night hit six people who were in the Ted Drewes Christmas tree lot on Chippewa Street in the city's St. Louis Hills neighborhood, police said.

Those six people were taken to the hospital, according to the St. Louis Fire Department. As of 9:30 p.m., one was in critical condition, three were seriously injured and two were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

The youngest person who was hit is 12, said St. Louis police spokesman Mitch McCoy. The oldest is a man in his 70s.

All six are expected to survive.

Police were first called to the scene on a report of a shooting at about 8 p.m., McCoy said.

"We think that that was because the car had hit one of those metal barriers, so when it hit, it sounded like gunshots," he said. "Well, when we get on scene, we find that nobody is shot, and we have multiple people that have been hit by a car."