As a St Louis Missouri personal injury lawyer I have dealt with a lot of Missouri motorcycle accident cases and Illinois Motorcycle accident cases. Every case is the result of a car or truck driver's inattention. The absolute most common cause of motorcycle accidents in Missouri and Illinois, at least as far as what I have seen, is the failure of a motorist to yield to a motorcyclist coming through an intersection and the car or truck driver makes a left turn on a green right in front of the motorcyclist, thus causing a collision. Also, the simple failure to yield to a motorcyclist in other situations.
Several examples of this type of injury have occurred recently in Missouri as the bike riding weather and season have begun. Recent news stories below:
A Springfield motorcyclist was injured in Greene County as the result of a collision between a car and his motorcycle. The Missouri motorcycle accident occurred on highway 66 when a driver of a Chevrolet made a left turn in front of a Springfield biker driving a 2005 Harley Davidson.
Article: Springfield Missouri Motorcycle Accident and Injury Case
The driver of an SUV struck a motorcycle and killed the rider. Both the rider and his passenger were killed when the motorcyclist was turning a Honda Goldwing motorcycle left from Hwy 32 onto Davis Crossing Road when the SUV heading the same direction of the motorcyclist passed several vehicles collided with the left side of the motorcycle killing both the motorcycle driver and his passenger. The elderly drivers of the SUV were treated for only minor injuries, however, the motorcyclist and his passenger were declared dead at the scene of the St Francois County Missouri motorcycle accident.
As any Missouri motorcycle accident injury lawyer would know, this is a clear case of liability and a tragic Missouri motorcycle accident wrongful death case.
Article: St Francois County Motorcycle Death Case
