Since the Missouri State Highway Patrol Thanksgiving holiday crash counting period began Wednesday at 6 p.m., there have been 14 vehicle crashes statewide. “I’ve always known like its been dangerous like traveling the holidays like this because like there’s so many cars on the road like traveling like all over all over the places and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to AAA, more than 49 million travelers in the United States hit the road on Thanksgiving in 2018. On top of delays and distracted driving, holiday travelers should also be on the lookout for deer. “This is the time of year where deer are very active. They’re trying to find each
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Emergency responders with decades of experience said it was one of the most severe crashes they had ever seen. “I’ve been in law enforcement for 24 years and this is the first time I’ve gone to a one-vehicle, five-person fatality,” said Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Scott White. White was one of many who responded
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) – An 80-year-old woman did not suffer injuries when her car left the road Wednesday and slammed into a house in the 900 block of Westwood Dr. in Jefferson City. Crews from Cole County EMS, the Jefferson City Fire Department and the Jefferson City Police Department responded to the scene shortly
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Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Boone County Sheriff’s Department responded to a crash shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday. Law enforcement was called to the 6000 block of North Highway VV for a vehicle collision with a pedestrian, bike or motorcycle. ABC 17 News crews at the scene saw emergency responders transport a boy on
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Columbia, MO (KMIZ) Police officers were directing cars around a crash involving a motorcycle in Columbia on Saturday afternoon. The Columbia Police Department, Columbia Fire Department and a Boone Hospital ambulance responded to the crash on Business Loop 70 near Edison Street shortly before 1 p.m. Westbound traffic was closed briefly during the response, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A University of Missouri Police Department spokeswoman said a pedestrian was taken to the hospital and a driver was ticketed after a crash on University Avenue in Columbia on Wednesday. Columbia firefighters and MUPD responded to the 1100 block of University Avenue just before 9 p.m. for a motor vehicle crash. MUPD
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A Boone County prosecutor filed a manslaughter charge Wednesday against a woman accused of causing a crash that killed a man who was picking up cones after a bike race.
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COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An SUV hit and killed a woman crossing Highway 54 near Brazito on Tuesday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The patrol said in an online crash report that Rachel Welch, 46, of Eldon, died after a 2007 Lincoln Navigator hit her while she was crossing the highway at
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Brandon Vanbibber, 35, died Saturday following a Friday night crash. According to crash reports, the crash happened on Highway 24, just six miles east of Salisbury. Vanbibber was driving eastbound when his car went off the right side of the road. The car overturned and ejected him. Vanbibber died from his injuries at University Hospital
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two cars were involved in a crash on Wilkes Boulevard near N. College Avenue on Friday night. A Columbia Police officer said at least one person was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Authorities are still looking for one car involved. Police said the crash happened at 9:17 p.m. Ambulances from
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Emergency crews responded to a crash involving a semi in Boone County on Friday night. It happened in the westbound lanes near Route Z just before 8:45 p.m., according to online dispatch records. Boone County Joint Communications tweeted about the wreck, urging drivers to avoid the area. BOONE CO JOINT COM: Motor Vehicle Collision I70
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The National Transportation Safety Board says the Coast Guard has repeatedly ignored safety recommendations that could have made tourist duck boats safer and potentially prevented a Missouri accident that killed 17 people.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Police Department investigated a Tuesday evening crash that sent two people to the hospital. Police responded to the 300 block of Rock Hill Road just after 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Witnesses told police a maroon Chevrolet sped away from Cherry Hill Court onto Rock Hill Road, according to
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CHILHOWEE, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A said a 61-year-old man died after a crash in Johnson County Monday afternoon. FATAL CRASH:At 2:40pm, a 61 y/o male from Chilhowee, MO, lost control on ice covered Rt. F north of Rt. BB near Centerview in Johnson Co. His 2007 Ford ran off the road,
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AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Martinsburg teen hit a piece of farm equipment while riding his ATV, causing serious injuries. The 14-year-old boy was flown to University Hospital after he crashed into an agricultural sprayer after he didn’t stop at a stop sign Sunday afternoon at First and Jefferson streets in Martinsburg, according to a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Right now crews are working a crash in north Columbia. The wreck happened just before 6 p.m. at Rangeline Street and Vandiver Drive, according to Boone County Joint Communications. The Columbia Fire Department tweeted that lanes are blocked in the area. ABC 17 News has contacted the police and fire departments to
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Cole County prosecutors charged a Springfield, Missouri, woman Tuesday with leaving the scene of a crash where a bicyclist died. Haily Crabtree, 26, is charged with a single count of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, a Class D felony. Police found Crabtree after the crash, which happened
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) A pickup truck drove onto guy wires anchoring a utility pole in Mexico, Missouri, on Monday, taking out power to much of the town. The Mexico Department of Public Safety said the crash happened at about 8:25 a.m., when the 2010 GMC truck drove onto the wires in the 4800 block of
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Jefferson City Police Department is investigating a crash on Highway 50. Shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday, authorities responded to calls of a crash in the westbound lane of the highway. One driver said she slowed down as the sun was glaring in her eyes. Shortly after, another driver slowed down due to glares from the
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