Missouri
Speeding elderly driver killed when car goes airborne while going 100 mph, smashes into home — missing resident by ‘inches’
A 73-year-old woman was killed after she went airborne while driving her car 100 mph and crashing into a Missouri home, nearly missing a toddler and several others.
The unidentified woman, who is suspected to have suffered from a medical emergency, crashed into the home around 2:30 p.m. near the intersection of Kingston Drive and Telegraph Road in Lemay, near St. Louis.
A neighbor’s surveillance cameras caught the horrifying moment, showing the car flying through the air before smashing into the home, sending bricks flying.
The car fly into the air long before entering the camera’s view, as it soared across the street, over an SUV, and demolishing the front room of the home and causing damage to the neighboring house.
The woman hit an embankment while driving at an “extremely high rate of speed” before coming airborne, the St. Louis County Police Department said.
The woman was pronounced dead on the scene.
“This was not a blatant speeding situation but may have been the result of a medical emergency,” a spokesperson for the St. Louis County Police Department told KSDK.
Inside the home, a toddler was sitting on a bed inside the room that the car entered, pushing the bed into the wall. The child was uninjured, according to KMOV, and the adults had been in another room talking politics.
Derek Wentzel, who was inside the home, said the car “could’ve totally hit him…missed him by inches.”
Wentzel’s girlfriend and the child’s parents were also in the home during the crash.
The home may be a “total loss,” according to Wentzel. He said: “They said we may not be able to enter our home at all.”
Wentzel’s mother, Diane, said she was shocked to find her son’s home damaged after she arrived at the scene, saying: “This only happens in the movies.
“I just hope she didn’t even know what was happening as it happened.”
Kingston Drive has had various problems with fast drivers in the area, with resident Janet Moeller describing it as a “kid of highway in the city.”
“They do speed a lot here, like 50 or 60 up here,” another nearby resident Benjamin Carlin told KMOV.
Debbie Gleiforst, whose own home was hit by a bus earlier this year, said people are “driving too fast.”
“They’re getting to be more and more people on drugs and drinking and not being safe people.”
Missouri
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Missouri
Justin Bensley selected as December 2024 Missouri Department of Natural Resources Team Member of the Month
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JAN. 8, 2025 – Justin Bensley, an archeologist with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Missouri State Parks, has been selected as the department’s Team Member of the Month for December 2024. He was selected for his service to the department and his efforts while reviewing cultural resource impacts related to projects funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
In January 2024, Bensley’s section learned of approximately 20 American Rescue Plan Act projects that needed to be reviewed for cultural resource impacts. Most of the projects were for water and wastewater improvements, so each one also need an architectural survey. All of the projects had to be reviewed and any issues resolved so they could go out for bid by the end of the fiscal year, which was June 30, 2024.
“Justin turned out to be a miracle worker,” said Kim Dillon, a natural resources manager who nominated Bensley for the award. “His work resulted in most of the projects being reviewed, modified and approved just before the end of the fiscal year.”
Due to a vacancy, Bensley was the only staff archeologist at the time, so he was tasked with evaluating each of these projects on his own or with archeological contractors on the larger jobs. In addition, he had to consult with the Osage Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office on the projects, which was a new process. Completing the reviews required Bensley to coordinate between each facility, archeological contractors, planners and the Missouri Office of Administration while also holding many meetings, making countless phone calls and preparing numerous documents.
“I honestly don’t know how he did it, but we are so thankful that he did,” said Dillon.
Bensley joined the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in March 2021 and resides in Columbia.
Missouri
Freeman puts up 18 in UIC’s victory against Missouri State
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Tyem Freeman had 18 points in UIC’s 80-63 win over Missouri State on Tuesday night.
Freeman also had five rebounds for the Flames (11-5, 3-2 Missouri Valley Conference). Filip Skobalj shot 6 for 6, including 5 for 5 from beyond the arc to add 17 points. Ahmad Henderson II had 12 points and shot 5 for 8, including 2 for 4 from beyond the arc.
The Bears (7-9, 0-5) were led in scoring by Zaxton King, who finished with 17 points. Missouri State also got 10 points from Michael Osei-Bonsu.
Freeman led UIC in scoring with eight points in the first half to help put the Flames up 36-27 at the break. Skobalj scored a team-high 14 points after the break.
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