COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash with a motorcycle led to a busy downtown Columbia intersection to be shut down on Monday afternoon. Several emergency responders were at the corner of College Avenue and East Walnut Street after the crash. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification indicating Walnut Street was closed at 2:07 p.m. A
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 31-year-old deputy was injured in a crash on Missouri Boulevard in Jefferson City on Sunday. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler said in response to an email that the male deputy was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening and released from the hospital. The Jefferson City Police Department, which is investigating
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Callaway County Sunday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 37-year-old Fulton man was driving a 2023 Nissan Rogue eastbound near the 7300 block of Route Z in Callaway County at 12:15 p.m. Sunday. Trooper said the vehicle went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Part of East Broadway near South El Chaparral Avenue in Columbia is back open after it was blocked off by first responders due to a car crash Sunday. Boone County Fire officials had blocked off the road for about 45 minutes. The crash happened just before 3 p.m. with at least two
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One woman died, and another was seriously injured in a Benton County crash Friday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash happened at around 8 a.m. at the intersection of Old 65 Avenue and Keuper Road. A 19-year-old Green Ridge woman was driving southbound in a 2012 Cadillac SRX
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Jefferson City men were seriously injured in a RTV crash Saturday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 7 a.m. A 51-year-old man was driving a 2006 Kubota RTV 900 northbound on State Highway B, just south of Giggins Creek Road, when he was rear-ended by
Continue Reading EDITOR’S NOTE: An update has been made detailing the first crash. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 46-year-old Rocky Mount man was killed Friday after being hit by a car. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was lying in the northbound lane of State Route Y just North of Brendel Boulevard after being thrown
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The roundabout at Clark Lane and Hanover Boulevard opened on Friday. The intersection had closed in August as crews built the roundabout. Additional improvements include pavement and retaining walls. Go COMO – the City of Columbia’s public transit system –will go back to its normal route on Saturday, the service announced on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcycle crash Friday morning on Scott Boulevard has once again called attention to issues with speeding in the southwest Columbia area. According to the Columbia Fire Department, the crash occurred a little before 6:30 a.m. near the intersection with Gillespie Bridge Road. The motorcycle rider was taken to local hospital with
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 31-year-old Brookfield woman was seriously injured in a Friday morning crash on Route C in Chariton County, about 12 miles north of Keytesville, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the woman drove a 2016 Ford F-150 eastbound when it went off the right
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 37-year-old man from Festus, Missouri, was seriously injured Friday after he crashed a golf cart at the fourth hole of The Oaks Golf Course in Camden County, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The report says the man drove a 2024 Yamaha golf cart westbound down a steep cart
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missourians will get flat license plates instead of the current plates with raised numbers and letters, starting in February. The Missouri Department of Revenue announced the change in a news release Friday. The department says switching away from the current embossed plates “supports greater efficiency” and lays the groundwork for moving to
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Two southwest Columbia streets were closed Friday morning after a man was critically injured in a motorcycle crash.
According to Boone County Joint Communications, the crash occurred on Scott Boulevard near Gillespie Bridge Road shortly before 6:30 a.m.
Ryan Schaeffer with the Columbia Fire Department said the crash involved one motorcycle, and a man was taken from the scene by ambulance with “critical” injuries.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After two months of closure, a portion of Clark Lane at Hanover Boulevard in northeast Columbia is expected to reopen Friday afternoon. Missouri Department of Transportation Improve I-70 Program Director Eric Kopinski told ABC 17 News on Thursday that the road is scheduled to reopen around 3:30 p.m. Friday. The improvements include
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Jefferson City girl was seriously injured in a crash that occurred Thursday afternoon in Russellville, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at the intersection of Routes C and AA, according to the report. A 29-year-old Russellville woman was in her 2015 Ford
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A school bus carrying five Blair Oaks School District students was hit by an SUV Wednesday morning. Cole County Emergency Services was called to the crash at Route B and Tanner Bridge Road at about 7 a.m. The school bus and the small SUV that collided with it each had moderate damage,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday that speed limits will increase to 75 miles per hour on eight stretches of rural interstate around the state. In a news release, the department stated it took various factors into consideration when deciding where to change speed limits: Current traffic numbers. Truck traffic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lifelong Columbia resident says he has shared his concerns about excessive speeding on Garth Avenue, but he claims the city won’t take his issue seriously. Stacy Wilson, 63, has lived in the 2500 block of North Garth Avenue for over 30 years. He told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Highway 54 overpass in Kingdom City that goes over Interstate 70 will closed at the end of the month as crews demolish old bridges as part of the Improve I-70 Project, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. MoDOT crews will demolish “the two no-longer-used bridges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash report says a 43-year-old man died in an October crash after he was hit by two vehicles and a Tesla dragged his body for about a half-mile. A crash occurred 6:40 a.m. Oct. 1 in the 2500 block of Paris Road. The report says the victim was Russell Matthew, of
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