Matthew G Gaghen of Steelville, MO was injured on Thursday, August 05, 2021 at 7:15PM in Crawford County, Missouri. Gaghen is a 40-year-old man.
The crash happened here: Hwy 19 one and a Half miles south of Steelville.
In the crash, Gaghen was a pedestrian. The police described the crash like this:
OCCURRED AS DRIVER 1 WAS IMPAIRED AND DISTRACTED. VEHICLE 1 TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK THE PEDESTRIAN. ASSISTED BY MSGT A.B SWEARINGIN (1168) AND TPR C.B. TOWNSEND (1450)
Injuries
Gaghen's injuries were serious. Gaghen was taken by Helicopter to Mercy In Creve Coeur.
Vehicle Damage
The police said the damage to the 2006 Ford Fusion driven by Brinkley was moderate. It was removed by Miles Towing.
How To Get the Highway Patrol Report
Tpr G C Leach of the Missouri State Highway Patrol wrote up the report. The highway patrol assigned report number 210404716 to this crash. The highway patrol charges $6.90 for each certified report (certification required for court). The highway patrol is currently backlogged and they state on their website that you will have to wait 10 days and may have to wait an "extended period of time" beyond that for the report. Further, unless you qualify under the Federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the report you get will have important and necessary information such as photographs, social security numbers, driver license numbers, names, addresses and telephone numbers redacted (blacked out).
The information in this article came from the Missouri State Highway Patrol website.
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