The weekend of September 28, 2012 was unusually deadly on Franklin County roadways. Missouri Highway Patrol troopers are saying that a crash that happened on the early morning of September 29, 2012 on Highway 100 near route MM took the life of 22-year-old Richard Zufall of Gray Summit. Zufell was headed westbound on Highway 100 when his pick-up left the road, struck a tree, and overturned. Troopers say that victim’s seatbelt broke open in the crash, throwing Zufall from the wreckage.
On the evening of September 28th, 32-year-old Amy Erbes of St. Clair died when the all terrain vehicle she was a passenger in, traveled off Elmwood Church Road and slammed into a tree. Erbes was transported to Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur where she died during the afternoon of September 30th. Troopers say that she was not using a safety device at the time of the accident.
Another accident occurred just after midnight on the morning of Sunday September 30th, 29-year-old Banjamin Cochran of Pacific was killed when his vehicle left westbound Bend Road at Breen Rivers Trail and collided with a tree. Cochran was pronounced dead at the scene. He did not have his seatbelt on at the time.