COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waynesville firefighter suffered minor injuries after a firetruck crashed Monday morning on Interstate 44, according to a social media post from the Waynesville Rural Fire Protection District. The truck blew out a tire near mile maker 156, causing the truck to go into an embankment, hit a sign and stop on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 63-year-old Gravois Mills woman was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash on Tuesday morning on Highway 5 in Morgan County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the woman was driving a 2009 Yamaha XVS650 southbound on Highway 5 when she lost control of
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Dixon man was seriously injured when the vehicle he was driving flipped over in Phelps County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred on Saturday just after 8 p.m. on Highway M, about 6 miles west of Edgar Springs. The 34-year-old man was driving a
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old boy from Sedalia was killed when the jet ski he was riding on crashed Saturday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol incident report, the boy was riding the jet ski around 2:45 p.m. near Clevenger Cove in Taney County, when the vehicle collided with another jet ski head-on.
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A 70-year-old Camdenton man died Saturday after a car crash in Camden County, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Reference to a seat belt has been changed for clarity. AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 66-year-old Mexico, Missouri, man was seriously hurt after crashing a lawnmower around 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Audrain County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report states the man was on a Craftsman
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CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) North Callaway Fire Protection District tells ABC 17 News that accessibility and clean up continue to be an issue for them when responding to accidents near construction zones on Interstate 70. “What we usually end up having to do is kind of park and walk. We’re doing a lot of climbing over
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four vehicles were involved in a crash Thursday morning on Interstate 70 near Millersburg, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred as a 2015 Mazda CX5, 2021 Ford Explorer and 2024 Chevrolet Silverado were slowing down in the eastbound lane for congested
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are searching for a driver who crashed into a building near Downtown Columbia late Wednesday night. The crash happened just after 10:30 p.m. at Broadway and Second Street at the Monarch Title building. Sgt. Shawn Claypool told ABC 17 News on scene that the driver that hit the building and another
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was hurt after they were hit by a car in Jefferson City on Monday. Jefferson City Police said officers responded to a report of a crash at 11:41 a.m. on Monday in the 1400 block of Missouri Blvd. Police said a 57-year-old was driving a Chevrolet Silverado when they
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two vehicles appeared to be in a crash on Friday night near the Conley Road shopping area in Columbia. An ABC 17 News photographer saw Columbia Police Department officers and the Columbia Fire Department respond to the crash at the stoplight of Brickton and Trimble roads at 9:47 p.m. A red truck
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 30-year-old Hermann woman was seriously injured Friday in a crash on Highway 100 in Gasconade County, about 1,000 feet from Cole’s Creek Road, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says that the 2006 Dodge Ram was heading eastbound when it went off the left
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 45-year-old Rolla woman was seriously injured in a crash Thursday afternoon in Phelps County at the 175-mile marker of eastbound Interstate 44, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The single-vehicle crash occurred as the 2020 Toyota Tacoma went off the right side of the road, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who crashed a tractor-trailer in the westbound lane of Interstate 70 on Monday has been charged with a felony. Andrei Parham, 32, of Beaverton, Oregon, was charged Tuesday in Cooper County with driving while intoxicated. He is being held at the Cooper County Jail on a $15,000 bond. A court
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people were hurt in Mexico, Missouri, after a car drove through a building on Sunday afternoon. The Mexico Public Safety Department said in a release that officers responded to the 4500 block of E Liberty Street just before 1 p.m. on Sunday. Officers learned an 88-year-old man was driving a 2015
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PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Salem, Missouri woman was injured when the vehicle she was driving flipped over Sunday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 22-year-old woman was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt on Highway 8 around 3 p.m. The crash occurred when the vehicle went off the right side
Continue Reading A 17-year-old from Versailles died after his parked vehicle was hit on Highway 54 in Miller County on Friday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camdenton man was charged with four counts of driving while intoxicated in connection with a crash on May 16 that led to two people having serious injuries. Phillip Peterson, 54, was charged on Friday with two counts of DWI causing serious injuries and a pair of counts of DWI causing injuries.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man and a woman were seriously injured Monday evening in a boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred at the 31-mile marker of the main channel at the mouth of Big Niangua. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Union Pacific train derailed Sunday afternoon east of La Monte in Pettis County. Missouri State Highway Patrol said troopers were called to the area of US-50 Highway and Buckley Road and found a train had derailed. Troop A Spokesperson, Cpl. J.D. Howard said in an email that seven Union Pacific Railroad
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