A 22-year-old St. Charles man has been arrested after a passenger in his minivan was killed following a DUI crash in Maryland Heights on Tuesday. He was driving the minivan on the highway when he hit the back of another car and overturned several times.
A woman was killed in a tragic head-on car accident yesterday morning in Franklin County, according to Missouri Highway Patrol. The woman driving the car who was killed was 70 years old. At About 9:20 in the morning, she was driving on Dry Branch Road when she crossed over the dividing line on the road and ran directly into an oncoming vehicle.
Workers’ compensation is employer-provided insurance that offers financial compensation to employees who are injured performing work-related activities. The way this type of insurance works is that when an employee is injured, they notify their employer and file a workers’ comp claim.
Mallinckrodt Elementary in South St. Louis was evacuated today after traces of carbon monoxide were detected. According to the St. Louis public school system, water had accumulated in the basement of the school building due to the melting snow. Maintenance workers were using generators to siphon the water out of the basement, and the running generators is what caused the carbon monoxide.
Congress failed to reach a federal budget agreement (aka “appropriations”) as of midnight yesterday, which resulted in a government shutdown. The shutdown will continue until Congress can come to an agreement. The last two shutdowns took place during the Clinton administration.
If you have a complaint with your insurance, you can contact the Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI). The MDI’s Division of Consumer Affairs hears complaints regarding most types of insurance, including private auto, commercial auto, and workers’ compensation insurance. There are five major reasons why someone might file a complaint against their insurance company or a specific individual representing an insurance company: claim problems, claim delays, sales problems, premium problems, and policy problems.