Los Angeles Angels Pitcher Dies After Vehicle Struck by Red Light Runner

Nick Adenhart, a rookie pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, was killed along with two other people on April 9, 2009, when their car was struck by a minivan running a red light in Fullerton, California, police said. Read More

I am a media consultant representing many clients including American Traffic Solutions, one of the nation’s leading red light camera companies. I also spent nearly a quarter century as a journalist for The Associated Press, telling stories about real people for national and international audiences. Now I’m telling my own real life story - of being injured in a crash with a red light runner. This personal experience is why I believe in red light cameras. It is why I am so passionate about volunteering my own time and contributing my own resources to the new statewide traffic safety coalition, Missouri Families for Safer Roads.

Like so many victims of red light runners, my story begins on a perfectly ordinary day on a perfectly ordinary Missouri street. It was a warm Saturday morning during Memorial Day weekend. I had done some shopping and had a green light to proceed east across busy Providence Road, a major north-south route through downtown Columbia, Missouri.