Crash & Collision Archives

MSHP: Chain-reaction crash caused I-70 shut down on Monday afternoon

January 20, 2020 10:57 PM Matt Ragsdale

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 20 vehicles were involved in a crash that shut down Interstate 70 westbound on Monday.

Mid-Missouri authorities warn drivers of poor road conditions

January 20, 2020 5:27 PM Matt Ragsdale

Camden County sheriff’s deputies reopened Highway TT after it was closed for multiple slide-offs.

Boulder hits Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner train

January 17, 2020 11:45 PM Molly Stawinoga

A boulder delayed travel for passengers headed from St. Louis to Kansas City Friday.

No one hurt after grain truck crashes into train in Mexico

January 17, 2020 8:41 AM Zachary Farwell

MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) No one was hurt after a grain truck hit a train in Mexico on Thursday morning. The collision happened around 9:05 a.m. in the 2000 block of W. Boulevard St. According to the Mexico Public Safety Department, Garp P. Riedel, 75, of Centralia, hit the train when he tried to drive around

Deputies close northbound lanes of Rangeline Street for a two-vehicle crash

January 16, 2020 8:12 PM Matt Ragsdale

oone County deputies, Columbia Fire firefighters, as well as ambulances from Boone County and MU Hospital responded to the scene around 7:30 p.m.

Mexico woman killed in Callaway County crash

January 14, 2020 2:23 PM Matthew Sanders

One person is dead after a passenger vehicle rear-ended a dump truck on Highway 54 in Callaway County.

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Iberia man killed in Miller County collision with dump truck

January 14, 2020 12:11 PM Matthew Sanders

An Iberia man died Tuesday when he turned in front of a dump truck.

Man arrested on suspicion of DWI after allegedly hitting Boone County cruiser

January 14, 2020 5:15 AM Brittany Wiley

No one is seriously hurt after a Boone County sheriff’s deputy-involved crash.

School bus runs off road during Monday commute

January 13, 2020 8:48 AM Madison Fleck

A Columbia Public Schools bus ran off the side of the road Monday morning during its commute.

Family could get $1.25 million in wrongful death settlement

January 11, 2020 4:40 PM Madison Fleck

Charles Waddill and Access Percussion, LLC could pay $1.25 million in a wrongful death settlement filed by Timothy Wilson’s children.

Weather contributes to Cole County serious injury crash

January 11, 2020 9:50 AM Matthew Sanders

A Miller County teen was hurt Friday when his truck hydroplaned and hit a tree near the Osage River in Cole County.

Crash takes out power lines in southwest Columbia

January 10, 2020 11:47 AM Matthew Sanders

A vehicle crashed into power lines on Chapel Hill Road between Scott Boulevard and Fairview Road on Friday, taking out power to some Columbia Water and Light customers.

One dead after being hit by a truck in Camden County

January 9, 2020 7:35 AM Zara Barker

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) One man is dead and two others were seriously injured after being hit by a truck Wednesday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report said the incident happened at 9:48 p.m. on Highway Z, just south of Coffman Bend Drive. According to the online crash report, three men were out

Jefferson City woman arrested following afternoon crash

January 6, 2020 5:40 PM Matt Ragsdale

A 32-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly driving while intoxicated and causing a crash with a semi-tractor trailer.

Tractor-trailer carrying potatoes overturns in Moberly

January 3, 2020 12:25 PM Madison Fleck

A tractor-trailer carrying boxes of potatoes crashed and overturned on Highway 63 in Moberly on Friday morning.

Woman dies after Highway 54 crash

December 30, 2019 12:59 PM Madison Fleck

Part of Highway 54 was closed on Monday afternoon after a crash.

Semi-truck fire closes exit on I-70

December 28, 2019 11:29 AM Connor Hirsch

A semi truck fire shut down Exit 155 on west-bound I-70 Saturday morning. The North Callaway Fire Protection District posted on Facebook they responded to the fire with the help of the Central Fire protection district. Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism told ABC17 News they did not respond to the fire. He said the Missouri

Woman in custody after Columbia car crash

December 27, 2019 4:49 PM Zach Boetto

Columbia Police on Friday took one woman into custody after accusing her of leaving the scene of a Columbia crash. BREAKING: One woman is in custody on Nifong Blvd and Santiago Dr in Columbia after leaving the scene of a crash. #ABC17News pic.twitter.com/z7N61WFQk2— Zach Boetto (@newsmanzach) December 27, 2019 The crash happened around 2:30 Friday

Jefferson City man, “would go on another cruise” after cruise ship crash

December 26, 2019 6:50 PM Zach Boetto

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was on-board the Carnival Glory cruise ship when it collided with another cruise ship in Mexico. “I remember lying in bed and feeling a lot of scraping and my bed began going back and forth back and forth and hitting against the wall and then the sound

Missouri State Highway Patrol urges drivers to take extra time on the roads for the holidays

December 26, 2019 4:38 AM Connor Hirsch

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As the holiday season is coming to a close, roads across Missouri will be filled with travelers returning home. The Missouri State Highway Patrol urges drivers to take extra time to travel during these big travel days. Last year during the MSHP Christmas counting period, Sergeant Scott White said there were over