A man from Sunrise Beach was injured after a car and semi-truck accident on Highway 65.

The 61-year-old man was driving a GMC at 8:30 a.m. on May 24 when he attempted to cross the highway. When he was in the middle of the intersection he was struck by a semi-truck, which caused his vehicle to go off the side of the road.

The man was wearing a seat belt and suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital to be treated.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a semi-truck accident, contact the Springfield truck accident lawyers of Strong-Garner-Bauer by calling 417-887-4300.

A one car accident on Route D left one man from Kaiser injured.

A 26-year-old man was driving a Ford Ranger on Route D when his vehicle ran off the road causing the driver to over correct. He then swerved back across both lanes before crashing into a fence. The man was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time.

Car accidents can happen very suddenly and can cause devastating effects that change lives of all involved. Our thoughts are with the victim’s friends and family.

After BP’s internal investigation, the fatal explosion on the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was said to be triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped through the well and shot up the column before exploding.

The cause of the explosion is still being investigated, but BP investigators interviewed rig workers to get a detailed account of what happened the day that the rig exploded, killing 11 workers. Investigators are focusing on what is called the blow-out preventer to make sure that they are reliable on rigs.

Gas explosions can cause serious injury and death and the aftermath is devastating to all involved. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims.

Purina Mills, LLC and the Food and Drug Administration have issued a voluntary recall of Strategy Horse Feed and Layena Poultry Feed due to potential health hazards to animal consumers.

According to officials, the recall covers the 50-pound bags of food and has been implemented after the findings of metal fragments in the bags. Five consumer complaints have been reported. Consumers who have bought the 50-pound bags of feed have been urged to bring the product back to the dealer in order to receive a replacement product.

If you or a loved one has been injured or become ill after a consuming a poorly manufactured product, contact the Springfield products liability lawyers of Strong-Garner-Bauer by calling 417-887-4300.

Two men were injured in a car accident involving two cars and an Amish buggy.

A man from Seymour was attempting to steer his bugging away from a car that was parked on the side of Missouri 60 in Diggins. The Amish buggy was then hit by a 2004 Ford driven by a 35-year-old man.

The driver of the car was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. The driver of the buggy also suffered minor injuries but declined medical treatment. An investigation into the accident is still underway.

If you or a loved one has been injured in car accident, contact the Springfield car accident lawyers of Strong-Garner-Bauer by calling 417-887-4300.

Almost a dozen businesses and landmarks in St. Louis, Missouri will light their building orange this week to remind drivers to slow down in work zones.

This is part of the fourth annual Operation Orange campaign put on by the Department of Transportation. The program’s goal is to remind motorists to pay close attention in construction zones and avoid distractions, such as cell phone use, to ensure the safety of construction workers.

Officials from MoDOT say that motorists will need to be particularly careful this year because many major roadways will be undergoing construction. Last year, there were 679 crashes in work zones in the St. Louis region.

If you or a loved one has been injured while working in a construction site, contact the Springfield construction site lawyers of Strong-Garner-Bauer by calling 417-887-430.

New research shows that there is a link between interruptions during medical procedures and a higher rate of clinical errors and procedural failures.

The study’s lead author  said that the more interruptions that a nurse receives while administering drugs to a patient, the greater risk that an error will occur. The team who did the study, observed 98 nurses in hospitals administer 4,271 medications and found that an interruption occurred in 53 percent of them.

Of the procedures that were interrupted, 74 percent of them had at least one procedural failure and 25 percent had a clinical error. Authors of the study noted that some interruptions are necessary such as monitoring alarms, only 11 percent of the studied interruptions were needed.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical negligence, contact the Springfield medical malpractice lawyers of Strong-Garner-Bauer by calling 417-887-4300.

According to a safety analysis from the Federal Railroad Administration, there were 20 railroad crossing deaths in Missouri in 2009.

More results from the analysis stated that over the past 10 years, 194 people have died in railroad accidents. Nationwide there are about 5,800 car vs. train accidents with the majority of the accidents, 75 percent, occurring during daylight hours.

A train can take up to a mile to stop so even if the motorist is seen on the tracks, the chances of the train being able to halt are slim. Years ago, a public announcement urged motorists to “stop, look, and listen” at a railroad crossing and the results from this analysis prove that this is still sound advice.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a railroad accident, contact the Springfield railroad accident lawyers of the Strong-Garner-Bauer by calling 417-887-4300.