The association compared driver deaths from the first 6 months of 2011 to the first 6 months of 2012.
Lynn Ware, the Coordinator for the Safe Communities Program in Cape Girardeau said teens should wear their seat belt, put down the cell phone, limit the number of people in their car, and use common sense while driving.
Ware said they are also monitoring high schools with less than 50 percent of kids wearing a seatbelt, and educating the students on the dangers.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:54 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:54:34 GMT
A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is gearing up for a repair project on the U.S. 51 Ohio River Bridge between Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill., that will impact truck traffic this summer.According to KYTC, trucks will be have to be rerouted for approximately 70 days beginning after June 24.KYTC District 1 spokesman Keith Todd said the agency wants truckers and suppliers who depend in the bridge to be aware of the coming project.“This project involves repairs on bridge deck s...
A contractor for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is gearing up for a repair project on the U.S. 51 Ohio River Bridge between Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill., that will impact truck traffic this summer.According to KYTC, trucks will be have to be rerouted for approximately 70 days beginning after June 24.KYTC District 1 spokesman Keith Todd said the agency wants truckers and suppliers who depend in the bridge to be aware of the coming project.“This project involves repairs on bridge deck s...
Wednesday, May 22 2013 5:35 PM EDT2013-05-22 21:35:47 GMT
Heartland StormTeam Meteorologist Brian Alworth visited Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after the 1999 tornado.
Heartland StormTeam Meteorologist Brian Alworth visited Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after the 1999 tornado.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) -
According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, recent studies reveal the number of 16 and 17-year old driver deaths in passenger vehicles have increased.
They compared driver deaths from the first 6 months of 2011 to the first 6 months of 2012.
In the Heartland the numbers vary.
State 2011 2012
Arkansas 4 5
Tennessee 6 16
Illinois 12 12
Kentucky 6 12
Missouri 10 8
Iowa 3 4
Kansas 2 4
Lynn Ware, the Coordinator for the Safe Communities Program in Cape Girardeau said teens should wear their seat belt, put down the cell phone, limit the number of people in their car, and use common sense while driving.
Ware said they are also monitoring high schools with less than 50 percent of kids wearing a seatbelt, and educating the students on the dangers.
"You continually have kids growing up, and going up to the next grade, the next grade, the next grade, the high school, they move on, and then you have the middle school, junior high, then they get to high school, so we have to continue to educate," said Ware.
Ware said it's also important for parents to set a good example by wearing a seatbelt themselves, and talking to their kids about the importance of safe driving.
"When you get a vehicle, you don't drive just for yourself, you have to drive for the other people that are out there too, you just have to drive that home, you know you're not out there by yourself, and you know what it's all about saving lives," said Ware.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:12 AM EDT2013-05-22 15:12:30 GMT
(CNN) - The three women who were rescued this month after allegedly being held captive in a Cleveland house for close to a decade "are happy and safe." Attorneys for Amanda berry, Michelle Knight and
The three women who were rescued this month after allegedly being held captive in a Cleveland house for close to a decade "are happy and safe."
Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:13 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:13:11 GMT
A British woman who claimed to have hit a cyclist while driving her car and then driving off tweeted about driving off and not caring much about it. But then the cops tweeted back.
The first rule of Twitter - it's not smart to tweet about a crime.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 2:30 PM EDT2013-05-22 18:30:34 GMT
ORLANDO, FL (RNN) – A man with possible ties to a Boston Marathon bombing suspect was shot and killed after the FBI interviewed him early Wednesday. The FBI confirmed a special agent fatally shot a man
A news release from the FBI Boston division stated the shooting took place early Wednesday when Ibragim Todashev, the shooting victim, started a "violent confrontation."
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:21 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:21:12 GMT
(RNN) - British officials are saying one man is dead and two others were injured in a possible terrorist attack in London on Wednesday.According to BBC News, eyewitnesses said man was attacked in a street
One man is dead after two men attacked him in broad daylight with knives and meat cleavers.
Wednesday, May 22 2013 7:56 PM EDT2013-05-22 23:56:01 GMT
(RNN) – Of the 24 killed in the EF-5 tornado that decimated Moore, OK, 10 are children - two of which are infants according to a release by the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner's Office. All the children
The last of the missing from Monday's massive tornado that tore through the town of Moore, OK, have been accounted for.
Monday, May 20 2013 9:30 PM EDT2013-05-21 01:30:20 GMT
A stop on a roadtrip turned one traveler's trip into a nightmare that lasted more than a month.. It happened in Marston, when Debbie Vallejo let her dog, Slick, go to the bathroom at Pilot's.
A stop on a roadtrip turned one traveler's trip into a nightmare that lasted more than a month.. It happened in Marston, when Debbie Vallejo let her dog, Slick, go to the bathroom at Pilot's.
The association compared driver deaths from the first 6 months of 2011 to the first 6 months of 2012.
Lynn Ware, the Coordinator for the Safe Communities Program in Cape Girardeau said teens should wear their seat belt, put down the cell phone, limit the number of people in their car, and use common sense while driving.
Ware said they are also monitoring high schools with less than 50 percent of kids wearing a seatbelt, and educating the students on the dangers.
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