An tractor-trailer crash resulting in two fatalities was reported by Troop A of the Missouri Highway Patrol earlier this afternoon.  A 1996 International being operated by 23 year old Calvin Layden was making a right-hand turn when his vehicle began to slide, striking a 2000 Dodge being driven by Deanna Reynolds.  Ms. Reynolds was pronounced dead later that afternoon at Centerpoint Hospital.  Reynolds' passenger, Edwina Perez was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jackson County Medical Examiner.  Dorothy Reynolds, another passenger in the Dodge, sustained serious injury and was transported to St. Lukes Hospital for treatment.

A crash investigation team has been assigned to this crash and a supplemental crash report may be available within 30 days of the crash.  Many times in cases involving tractor-trailers where personal injuries result in death, the authorities will assign a crash investigation team to determine factors of the crash itself and perhaps if any criminal charges should be brought against either driver. 

Another important fact to consider in a fatal crash is that the trucking company's insurance company will likely have a "immediate response team" assigned to the crash and one scene within 24 hours.  The goal of the immediate response team is to gather evidence and suppress any factors that may later be determined detrimental to the insurance company's defense of subsequent personal injury or wrongful death claim.  Don't be the one without the immediate response team.  Contact a Missouri tractor trailer injury lawyer at Schultz Legal Group for immediate representation in your injury claim or even a loved one's wrongful death claim.  Our lawyers will have investigators of our own on the scene quickly, seeking to preserve critical evidence which may be vital to your claim.