COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old Montreal, Missouri boy was seriously hurt in a crash after a chase with the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Thursday. According to a Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened on Highway 5, about 1500 feet south of Smooth Hill Dr. at 10:47 p.m. The teen was driving a 2000
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CENTRALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following a fatal crash Wednesday night in Centralia, a local minister is sharing his memories of 17-year-old Hunter Hull, alongside a message from the boy’s family. The Rev. Justin Danielson is the minister at Parkview Christian Church, where the Hull family are members. Danielson said his family had just finished a family
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe said Thursday afternoon that she was OK after her car was in a crash involving a city bus. The crash shut down College Avenue at University Avenue at about 4 p.m. Thursday, according to an alert sent by Boone County emergency dispatchers. It wasn’t clear whether anyone on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Centralia High School student and basketball player is dead after a crash in Boone County on Wednesday at 9:45 p.m. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report said the 17-year-old failed to stop at a stop sign on Highway 124 at Gano Chance Road. The Centralia Panthers basketball team posted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The boy’s age had been incorrect because of a source error. An 8-year-old boy was pronounced dead at University Hospital after he crashed a side-by-side Wednesday on a gravel road in Morgan County near Proctor. The Stover boy was driving the vehicle on Blackbird Road near Birch Road at about
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KIMIZ) The westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the Route Z exit in Boone County were shut down on Wednesday evening after a truck flipped during a crash Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 6:45 p.m. stating that a crash in the westbound lanes occurred near mile marker 133, between north
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lawsuit was filed in Boone County on Wednesday that challenges the legality of a revenue guarantee for the city to host American Airlines flights to Charlotte. The lawsuit was filed by Mark Winter and Richard Shanker – who identify themselves in court documents in documents as “residents and taxpayers.” The petition
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 68-year-old man from Paris, Missouri, was flown to University Hospital on Wednesday after his UTV crashed in Monroe County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the man drove the Kawasaki Mule 3000 on private property when he crashed into a tree and was
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 30-year-old Sedalia man died late Tuesday in a crash in Pettis County. The man was driving a 2018 Dodge Challenger on Route M north of Whiteman Road when he ran off the side of the road, hit a tree and a fence and rolled the vehicle, according to a Missouri State
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 38-year-old Ashland woman was seriously hurt in a crash, south of Ashland in Boone County, just after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened on Highway 63, just north of Gilmore Lane. A 2025 Peterbilt 548, driven by a 25-year-old Columbia man, had
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Monday night, the Jefferson City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of minibikes on public streets. The vote passed 8-1, with Ward 5 Councilwoman Mackenzie Job being the lone vote against the ordinance. ABC 17 News reached out to Job on Tuesday morning. According to the ordinance it classifies
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 49-year-old Montreal, Missouri man was seriously hurt during a crash in Pulaski County just before 8 p.m. Monday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was riding a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle. He tried to overtake a 2022 Polaris side-by-side, driven by a 26-year-old Laquey woman at
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BUTLER, Mo. (KMIZ) The Butler Police Department said Monday that North Business 49 at the Butler Memorial Airport will be closed as officials investigate a deadly plane crash from Sunday that killed 12 people. Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board arrived on Monday. According to the FAA, the plane
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council on Monday passed two proposed ordinances to crack down on illegal street takeovers and the use of minibikes on public roads. However, the council voted to amend the street takeover ordinance before it was unanimously approved. Under the new ordinance, activities such as burnouts, “donuts,” drag racing,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A three-vehicle crash led to the eastbound lane of Interstate 70 to close down on Monday evening near the St. Charles Road exit in Columbia. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 8:32 p.m. stating that the road was closed at the 133.4-mile marker because of a crash. Traffic appeared to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner line added more railcars on Monday ahead of the first World Cup games in the state. The Missouri River Runner line runs from St. Louis to Kansas City and includes stops in Hermann, Jefferson City, Sedalia and Warrensburg. The first World Cup game in Kansas City is at
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COLUMBIA MO. (KMIZ) After a skydiving pilot and 11 skydivers we killed after their plane crashed after takeoff Sunday in western Missouri, skydiving businesses and pilots across the state are providing there reaction. Jake Strain, co-owner of Skydive STL, says the accident hits home. “It is deeply tragic, most things are a lot of time
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Osage Beach announced in a Monday press release that it is canceling its Independence Day parade. “This decision was made after feedback from the affected businesses and careful consideration of potential impact during this busy weekend in our community,” the release says. Other festivities for the Heart of the Lake FreedomFest will
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By Andy Rose, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — After personally looking over the wreckage of the deadliest skydiving plane crash of the decade on a bright June day, Jennifer Homendy with the National Transportation Safety Board said things must change. That crash was in 2019 in Mokuleia, Hawaii, claiming 11 lives.Homendy – then a board
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash on Interstate 70 near the Boone, Callaway County line caused traffic to back up Monday morning. An alert from Boone County Joint Communications sent just before 7:30 a.m. states the crash happened at the 134.6 mile-marker of the interstate and to use caution. Both lanes reopened around 8:30 a.m. An
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