Nov 28, 2024 Local News
(Jefferson County, MO) The family of the 10 year old Richwoods girl Amelia Biri, who died in a traffic crash earlier this month, is mourning the death of her 6 year old brother Linkin Wideman who succumbed to his injuries Wednesday evening. The 10 year old was killed in the wreck while her brothers, 6 year old Linkin and 8 year old Elis, were seriously injured. Highway patrol reports show a third boy in the vehicle, a 7 year old, was also seriously injured, along with the driver of the vehicle, 36 year old Zachary Wideman of Richwoods. The accident took place Monday morning, October 16th, as an SUV was being driven south on Highway 21, north of Furnace Creek Road, by Wideman, when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree.