Car Crash Thread

quincunx · PostJul 09, 2021#3512021-07-09T13:13+00:00

Imagine if he'd be drunk walking, biking, scooting, riding a bus

Stltoday - Driver charged with DUI after truck slams into Granite City home, killing woman

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... b159c.html

PostJul 13, 2021#3522021-07-13T16:32+00:00

Stltoday - Teen killed on bicycle on I-170 was expecting her first child in October

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... 0e63a.html

GoHarvOrGoHome · PostJul 14, 2021#3532021-07-14T18:32+00:00

From the STLFD twitter, looks like a car crushed the corner building at S. Compton and Arsenal. Wonder how fast this asshat was going through the 4 way stop?

quincunx · PostJul 14, 2021#3542021-07-14T20:09+00:00

JFC! Infuriating.

RockChalkSTL · PostJul 14, 2021#3552021-07-14T20:10+00:00

Is the driver of that car still alive?

walker · PostJul 14, 2021#3562021-07-14T20:10+00:00

Came here to post this disappointing occurrence.

urbanitas · PostJul 14, 2021#3572021-07-14T21:35+00:00

KansasCitian wrote: ↑
Jul 14, 2021
Is the driver of that car still alive?

Driver and passenger got out just before the collapse.

Too bad they didn't drop a couple of Ingrassia's big balls in front of the building corner. Those would have at least slowed them down some...

Umm...how?

Did he take out the corner ball too, just miss it, or did the city remove it since the Google last passed by?

quincunx · PostJul 14, 2021#3582021-07-14T21:48+00:00

Then one tried to burn down the Orion! What did we do to anger them!

symphonicpoet · PostJul 15, 2021#3592021-07-15T06:40+00:00

^I got the impression he drove right through the ball. Not sure how he pulled that off and kept breathing after, but . . . jumping Jimminy. And some dorf on Reddit had the gall to berate the traffic circles in Carondelet Park. We really really need more traffic calming on about every dang street in this town.

Road diets, chicanes, bumpouts, and traffic circles all around please. Textured pavers. No parking minimums. Fewer curb cuts. Generally less space for people to fly their steel into things.

DTGstl314 · PostJul 16, 2021#3602021-07-16T07:06+00:00

quincunx wrote: ↑
Jul 13, 2021
Stltoday - Teen killed on bicycle on I-170 was expecting her first child in October

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... 0e63a.html

Jesus. That's a horrible story, and I hope they catch the POS who hit her and took off, but what the f*** was she thinking riding a bicycle in the far left lane of a freaking interstate?

bwcrow1s · PostJul 16, 2021#3612021-07-16T12:26+00:00

Would proper metal bollards have stopped the car any better? As we know those balls aren't the sturdiest things ever.

I always go back to when I was in Madrid and most car-trafficked streets were lined with them. The roads were of course narrower as well, but the combination of those two, and the restricted traffic (and robust public transit rail) really added up to a lovely experience.

quincunx · PostJul 17, 2021#3622021-07-17T16:59+00:00

Stltoday - Man in motorized wheelchair killed in hit-and-run in Jennings

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... e9f32.html

urban_dilettante · PostJul 17, 2021#3632021-07-17T19:19+00:00

^ it's almost like a game to them.

quincunx · PostJul 18, 2021#3642021-07-18T22:36+00:00

KSDK - Fiery crash along I-70 in St. Louis leaves 2 dead

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... f8c5cce8a9

StlToday - 22-year-old St. Louis man dies following crash on River Des Peres Boulevard

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... c91c7.html

KSDK - 1 killed, 1 in critical condition after St. Louis crash

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... 5f884bf2cc

KSDK - Highway 94 reopens in St. Charles County after fatal crash

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... 5cbc5ad9b9

KSDK - 3 people killed in series of crashes on I-270 in Kirkwood identified

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local ... d395096198

walker · PostJul 19, 2021#3652021-07-19T11:29+00:00

The occupants of the second car fled from the vehicle and were picked up by someone, according to a police report.

Seeing something like this line too often.

quincunx · PostJul 22, 2021#3662021-07-22T00:01+00:00

Stltoday - Downtown St. Louis crash that killed teen in pickup bed leads to manslaughter charge

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... 5e556.html

PostJul 29, 2021#3672021-07-29T00:36+00:00

KSDK - Man charged for fatal accident that killed teen on Tuesday

https://www.ksdk.com/amp/article/news/l ... aaa752d029

PostJul 31, 2021#3682021-07-31T01:12+00:00

Governing - Why Are Pedestrian Deaths at Epidemic Levels?

https://www.governing.com/now/why-are-p ... mic-levels

Trololzilla · PostJul 31, 2021#3692021-07-31T09:55+00:00

Looks like another STLFD ambulance got hit:

quincunx · PostAug 08, 2021#3702021-08-08T00:15+00:00

KMOV - teens in custody after stolen car crashes in North City

https://www.kmov.com/news/police-invest ... 1fe72.html

bwcrow1s · PostAug 08, 2021#3712021-08-08T19:13+00:00

Wow, all for a f*cking Hyundai Sonata.

What are reasonable charges? Given that they're not even adults yet..

quincunx · PostAug 08, 2021#3722021-08-08T22:13+00:00

Stltoday - Ferguson police searching for suspect vehicle in fatal hit-and-run

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/cri ... 9a193.html

chris fuller · PostAug 09, 2021#3732021-08-09T12:25+00:00

Pandemic set off deadly rise in speeding that hasn’t stopped
https://apnews.com/article/covid-19-speeding-highway-deaths-30a26b82eeab5880abab5f2b30952725

PostAug 09, 2021#3742021-08-09T20:34+00:00

Traffic Crashes Are Getting Worse. Car Ads Are Part Of the Problem.
What if car companies were banned from boasting their trucks can “conquer,” “intimidate” and “thrill”?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-04/want-safer-streets-start-regulating-car-commercials

brianadler6545 · PostAug 14, 2021#3752021-08-14T13:39+00:00

Car crashes into downtown St. Louis restaurant overnight

https://www.kmov.com/news/car-crashes-i ... -autopilot

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