COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcyclist is seriously hurt after a multi-vehicle crash around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, at the intersection of Range Line Street and Rainforest Parkway, according to a press release from the Columbia Police Department. A preliminary investigation shows a vehicle heading south on Range Line St. made a turn eastbound onto Kennesaw Ridge
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Two people were seriously injured in a crash in Callaway County on Saturday evening, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A second wrongful death lawsuit against the truck driver in a crash that killed two women on Interstate 70 in Columbia was filed Thursday. The lawsuit, filed by three of Melvina Colin’s children, seeks damages from the driver, Walter Montejo, and four companies connected to the load he was carrying when he
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Jessica McKinlay was a firecracker, loved the outdoors and never hesitated to state her opinion on topics she was passionate about. She was also the mother to five children, all of who she was protective of, her family says. But her life was cut short on the night of Jan. 3, 2022,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two 74-year-old people from Sturgeon had minor injuries after their vehicle hit a tractor-trailer near Centralia, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred on Route CC, west of Dinwiddie School Road. The report says the pair’s vehicle – a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lane of Paris Road in Columbia was closed on Monday evening after a crash occurred near Nelwood Drive. Two vehicles appeared to be involved in the crash and were stopped in the turning lane of Paris Road when an ABC 17 News photographer arrived at 6:30 p.m. The northbound driving lane
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COOPER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boonville man was seriously injured when his minivan was crashed into head-on on Sunday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash happened around 4:15 p.m. on Route B at Doyle Road. The report states a 29-year-old man from Rocheport was driving a 2021 Ford F-150, when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 65-year-old woman from Columbia was seriously injured in a crash in the 4900 block of Route F in Callaway County on Thursday morning, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the 2016 Toyota Camry was heading west when it went off the right side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man suffered serious injuries Thursday after his motorcycle collided with a semi-truck in Audrain County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 30-year-old Jefferson City man’s motorcycle was hit by a semi-truck that ran a stop sign at Route K and Audrain County Road 565 around
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 82-year-old Rolla woman was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Thursday on Route HH in Phelps County, north of County Road 82270, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the woman drove a 2007 Buick Lucerne northbound and it went off the right side
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A traffic crash in Columbia caused traffic to back up on Wednesday night on Interstate 70. A crash occurred before 8:40 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-70. Boone County Joint Communications shared a notification at 8:42 p.m. saying a crash occurred near the exit at Range Line Street at mile-marker 127.
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who was riding in a forklift was killed after the vehicle crashed Tuesday morning on Beechnut Street in Macon County, about three miles west of Ethel, a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report says. The crash report says the Caterpillar DC60 Forklift – driven by a 19-year-old Ethel man –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was killed on Tuesday night after he was hit be a semi-truck on Interstate 70. Â According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 44-year-old Columbia man was walking in the left lane of eastbound I-70 near mile marker 137 when he was hit by a semi-truck
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Editor’s note: A statistic about the number of fatal crashes has been updated. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The daughter of a 56-year-old Jefferson City man who died in a dump truck crash while riding his bicycle on Monday is hoping to raise awareness about the need for safety improvements along Business Loop 70. Columbia police identified
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia police confirmed a man is dead after he was hit by a dump truck on Monday afternoon near the intersection of Business Loop 70 and Range Line Street. Columbia Police Department Lt. Scott Alpers told ABC 17 News at the scene that it is still unclear how the crash occurred and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday after he pleaded guilty last week to first-degree involuntary manslaughter. Diego Popp Popp was accused of hitting 50-year-old John Brummit on Highway 50 West on July 14, 2024, according to previous reporting. Police wrote Brummit was riding a bicycle on the shoulder of
Continue Reading CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake Ozark man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Camden County on Sunday evening. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, a 56-year-old Osage Beach woman was driving an SUV on Bagnell Dam Boulevard around 6:30 p.m, when she swerved to avoid a stopped vehicle in
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One person was hospitalized with serious injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Boone County on Saturday, according to Boone County Fire Protection District Assistant Chief Gale Blomenkamp.
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​​COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ​​The Missouri Department of Transportation and law enforcement officials are urging drivers to slow down and stay alert in work zones along Interstate 70, where construction, traffic congestion, and recent crashes have raised safety concerns in Boone and Callaway counties. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop F crash reports, 39
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Court filings from Thursday show a Moniteau County dump truck driver is arguing he should be given immunity in a wrongful death case involving a crash. The parents of Deborah Kay Coville filed a wrongful death lawsuit against John Kendrick and Moniteau County on Aug. 29 after Coville died from injuries she
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