COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Construction on the Providence Road bridge is expected to be completed by November, weather permitting, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. Spencer Robinson, Project Director of the Improve I-70: Rocheport to Columbia project, said that a few pieces of the bridge are slightly ahead of schedule. He clarified that the on-
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Scheduled roadwork on Interstate 70 near the Highway 63 connector in Columbia will bring multiple travel impacts starting Friday night into Saturday morning. Starting at 7 p.m. Friday, drivers will not have access to westbound I-70 from the south end of the I-70/Highway 63 connector or access to eastbound I-70 from the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three people suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 50 on Thursday afternoon, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash happened on Highway 50 east of California at Shooters Club Road at around 3 p.m., according to the Highway Patrol’s crash report. Troopers said the crash happened when a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of the westbound lane of Cherry Street in downtown Columbia will be closed on Thursday, the city announced in a Wednesday press release. The street and north sidewalk between Eight and Ninth streets will close at 7 a.m. as a crane will be used to “to lift a rooftop air
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 25-year-old St. Robert woman was seriously hurt after a crash in Maries County just before 10:34 a.m. Tuesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the woman was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox on Highway 133 north of County Road 630, south of Brinktown, when the SUV traveled off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation is looking to make safety enhancements to a busy Columbia intersection and roadway. MoDOT showed plans for two intersections along College Avenue during an open-house meeting on Tuesday at 900 East Stadium Boulevard. At the College Avenue and University Avenue intersection, the left turn signal would be
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were hurt – one seriously – in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday on Northwoods Road in Pettis County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 35-year-old Smithton man lost control of his 1993 Ford Explorer while it was heading northbound. The vehicle went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 20-year-old Vienna woman was seriously hurt in a crash in Maries County just after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the woman was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Impala on County Road 302, a half mile east of Highway 63, with a 16-year-old Vienna girl as
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 48-year-old St. Joseph man died in a crash involving a motorcycle at around 7:30 p.m. Monday in Cooper County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol announced that it was investigating a two-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 near mile marker 99. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Northwest Interstate 70 Dr. at Garden Dr. in Columbia is back open after it was closed due to a crash. The road reopened around 7:50 a.m. ABC 17 News at the scene saw four Columbia Fire Department trucks, an MU Health Care Ambulance, two tow trucks and two Columbia Police Department patrol
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 70-year-old man from Bowie, Texas, died in a motorcycle crash Friday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at around 10:24 p.m. on Missouri Route 242 and the U.S. 54 Connector. The man was heading westbound on a 2023 Harley-Davidson Sportster when he drove off the road,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old Kansas City man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Friday. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at around 5:13 p.m. at the intersection of Route MM and Shawnee Four Drive. The man was driving a 2007 Harley-Davidson CVO Softail Springer eastbound on Route MM when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 72-year-old Ashland man was seriously injured Friday in a car accident. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at around 4 p.m. The man was outside of Gravois Mills driving a 2011 Dodge Ram 2500 south on Missouri Highway 5. At around the Santa Fe Trail, the man
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The ramp to Route W from westbound Highway 54 in Jefferson City is scheduled to close for several months beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Motorists will be directed to use the West Main Street exit to eastbound Highway 54 to access Route W, a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Kansas woman has died after she was involved in a motorcycle crash in Osage Beach on Thursday. A 55-year-old passenger died at the hospital, according to Osage Beach Police Department Lt. Michael O’Day Friday morning. The woman was one of three people involved in a crash on Highway 54 near Key
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HARRISBURG, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders responded to an accident scene on Route J south of Harrisburg on Thursday, according to a news release from the Boone County Fire Protection District. A Boone County deputy at the scene told an ABC 17 News photographer that a man had been run over by a tractor. The incident
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 85-year-old Holts Summit man died in a crash on Wednesday involving a golf cart while driving on Route AA. According to a crash report put out by the Missouri State Highway Patrol, it was a two-vehicle crash on Route AA between Evergreen Drive and County Road 499 in Callaway County. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 22-year-old Auxvasse man was seriously hurt during a crash in Callaway County just before 8 p.m. Wednesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was riding a 1997 Suzuki Marauder 800 motorcycle east on Route E near Country Road 271 when he hit a deer. The crash
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 85-year-old Holts Summit man died in a crash on Wednesday afternoon in Holts Summit, the Missouri State Highway Patrol shared in a crash report. Troop F – which covers much of Mid-Missouri – wrote on X that it investigated a two-vehicle crash on Route AA between Evergreen Drive and County Road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man drowned Wednesday morning at the Lake of the Ozarks after he suffered a head injury, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man jumped from a deck into shallow water and injured his head at the 4.8 mile marker of the
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