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Crash in Cole County claims Jefferson City man’s life

A Jeep Wrangler after a crash Sunday, May 31, 2026, on Route CC near Jefferson City.
Missouri State Highway Patrol
A Jeep Wrangler after a crash Sunday, May 31, 2026, on Route CC near Jefferson City.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Jefferson City man is dead after a crash in Cole County Sunday evening.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 46-year-old man was driving a 2015 Jeep Wrangler on Route CC south of South Fox Moor Court just after 4:30 p.m. in Cole County. The man traveled off the road, overcorrected and then overturned. He was thrown from the Jeep and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The man was not wearing a seat belt.

This is Troop F's 8th traffic death in May and 25th in 2026.

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Jazsmin Halliburton joined ABC 17 News as a multimedia journalist in October 2023.

She is a graduate of the A.Q. Miller School master’s program at Kansas State University.

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