Several injured in 3-vehicle crash leads to lane of I-70 closing, 1 driver arrested on suspicion of DWI

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The eastbound lanes of Interstate 70 just west of Columbia were closed on Friday during rush hour after a crash.

According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, at around 5:45 p.m., a 27-year-old Columbia man was driving a 2021 Ram 3500 east on I-70 when he passed a 38-year-old Fayette woman driving a 2017 GMC Acadia and a 55-year-old Columbia woman driving a 2024 Volkswagen Jetta.

He then hit both cars and drove off the right side of the road, hit an embankment, and drove back onto the road. The Ram and the Volkswagen stopped in the left lane while the GMC overturned off the left side of the road and stopped in the median.

The Ram had a 26-year-old male passenger from Colombia who was seriously injured in the crash. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

The GMC was also carrying a 14-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy from Fayette and a 15-year-old girl from New Franklin. The boy was seriously injured, while both girls had minor injuries. The woman driving the GMC also had minor injuries. The boy was not wearing a seatbelt.

An 80-year-old woman from Columbia was a passenger in the Volkswagen. She was seriously hurt in the crash, the report says. The other woman driving the Volkswagen had minor injuries.

All seven people injured in the crash were taken to University Hospital by ambulance. All three vehicles were totaled.

Boone County Joint Communications sent a message at 5:47 p.m. stating that a crash occurred in the eastbound lane near mile-marker 122, which is near the Sorrels Overpass. The road was declared closed three minutes later.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop F – which covers much of Mid-Missouri – wrote on its social media at 6:08 p.m. that three vehicles were involved in the crash and injuries have been reported. One vehicle rolled over and is blocking the roadway.

MSHP spokesman Kyle Green told ABC 17 News that a driver of one of the vehicles was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.

🚨Injury Crash Blocking EB I-70🚨

Troopers are investigating a three vehicle crash with injuries on eastbound I-70, at the 122.8 mile marker ( just west of Columbia), in Boone County.

One vehicle has rolled over and the roadway is blocked. Please avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/tlA6SRMgED

— MSHP Troop F (@MSHPTrooperF) April 3, 2026

An ABC 17 News photographer saw traffic backed up in the eastbound to the Midway exit, which is about a mile west of the crash. Traffic also slowed in the westbound lanes near the crash.

Traffic started moving again around 6:35 p.m.

ABC 17 News has reached out to a number of first responder agencies.

Check back for updates.