In June, a tree fell at the home Kim Young rents north of Jennings, hitting her Ford Explorer and her mother's Chevy Aveo.
Since then, Young tried to get insurance to cover the damage to no avail, as detailed by ºüÀêÊÓƵ reporter Jacob Barker earlier this week. For months, she had to take the bus, ask family and co-workers for rides or use Uber to get to her job, her son's therapy sessions and other errands.
On Friday afternoon, Young received a new car, a 2017 Kia Sorento, from an anonymous donor. She picked it up at Johnny Londoff Autoplex in St. Peters.
Young only had liability coverage on her car. Her renter’s insurance won’t cover the damage. And Young’s landlord, Amy Michael, can’t get her homeowner’s insurance to cover the cost of repairs either. The tree was on neighboring land owned by ºüÀêÊÓƵ County.Â
The county's insurance claims advisor said that the claim was denied "as the county is immune from liability under Missouri's Sovereign Immunity laws."
Kim Young used her car to take her son with disabilities to doctors appointments. A ºüÀêÊÓƵ County tree destroyed it but the county won’t fix her car.Â
Judge had previously thrown out city's insistence on barring left turns out of the site at Chesterfield Airport Road and Olive Street Road.
Kim Young smiles after putting her daughter in the back seat of the new car that was anonymously donated to her at Johnny Londoff Autoplex in St. Peters on Oct. 20, 2023. In June, the ºüÀêÊÓƵ County resident's 2018 Ford Explorer and her mother’s 2011 Chevy Aveo were crushed by a tree that fell from a neighboring property owned by ºüÀêÊÓƵ County, which later denied her claim and left her without a vehicle to get to work or take her disabled son to appointments.
Kim Young holds her daughter Michaelynn Ramsey, 1, as she sees her the new car that was donated to her by an anonymous donor at Johnny Londoff Autoplex in St. Peters on Oct. 20, 2023. In June, the ºüÀêÊÓƵ County resident's 2018 Ford Explorer and her mother’s 2011 Chevy Aveo were crushed by a tree that fell from a neighboring property owned by ºüÀêÊÓƵ County, which later denied her claim, leaving her without a vehicle to get to work or take her disabled son to appointments.
Kim Young smiles as she looks at the car that was anonymously donated to her at Johnny Londoff Autoplex in St. Peters on Oct. 20, 2023. In June, the ºüÀêÊÓƵ County resident's 2018 Ford Explorer and her mother’s 2011 Chevy Aveo were crushed by a tree that fell from a neighboring property owned by ºüÀêÊÓƵ County, which later denied her claim, leaving her without a vehicle to get to work or take her disabled son to appointments.
Kim Young puts her daughter Michaelynn Ramsey, 1, into a car seat in the new car that was anonymously donated to her at Johnny Londoff Autoplex in St. Peters on Oct. 20, 2023. In June, the ºüÀêÊÓƵ County resident's 2018 Ford Explorer and her mother’s 2011 Chevy Aveo were crushed by a tree that fell from a neighboring property owned by ºüÀêÊÓƵ County, which later denied her claim, leaving her without a vehicle to get to work or take her disabled son to appointments.