COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A tractor-trailer loaded with cheese crashed on Interstate 70 westbound on the west side of Boonville on Thursday, closing the road temporarily. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the injury crash happened at the 102-mile marker near the Ashley Road exit in Boonville. Crews were working late Thursday afternoon to clean up
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) EDITOR’S NOTE: The headline has been corrected to remove an erroneous mention of the older Orton, A Harrisburg student was killed Wednesday when a train hit his father’s semi-truck in Iowa. Robert Orton, 14, was killed when a 2015 Kenworth truck driven by Michael Orton, 38, of Palmyra, Missouri, crossed tracks in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia teenager was hurt after a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash on Route Z in Boone County at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday. Troopers said a 21-year-old woman from New Bloomfield was driving east in a 2022 Toyota Corolla when she failed to yield to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 47-year-old Roach man was seriously hurt in a motorcycle crash just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday in Camden County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2001 Harley Davidson Sportster on Irontown Dr. north of Tick Lane. The man swerved to avoid a deer, went
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people in their 60s were seriously injured Wednesday in a crash on Route C in Cole County, just south of Spring Ridge Road, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the driver of a Honda CR-V – a 67-year-old woman from Meta, Missouri –
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man suffered moderate injuries when his SUV rolled over on Wednesday morning on Route WW east of the city. The 36-year-old man was not wearing a seat belt when his 1997 Chevrolet Blazer went off the left side of Route WW after he fell asleep near Cedar Grove Boulevard, according
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 17-year-old Cairo teen was seriously hurt during a crash in Randolph County just before 3 p.m. Tuesday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the teen was driving a 1990 Chevrolet S-10 on County Road 1365, three miles south of Cairo, when he traveled off the left
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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
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 66-year-old woman from Lake of the Ozarks was seriously injured in a multi-vehicle semi-truck crash Saturday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred in Morgan County at around 11:45 a.m. on U.S. 50 near Missouri Highway 5. The woman was driving a 2022 Ford Expedition
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Middletown, Missouri, man was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Friday evening, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, at around 9 p.m., the 32-year-old man was driving a 2018 Yamaha YZF-R3 south on Highway 161 near Highway A when he flipped off the right
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 69-year-old Camdenton man was seriously hurt in a motorcycle crash in Camden County Thursday night. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was riding a 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle south on Tanglewood Dr. at Draw Dr. around 11 p.m. The man drove off the right
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 33-year-old Jamestown man was seriously hurt in a crash in Moniteau County at 5 p.m. Wednesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, an 18-year-old Jefferson City man was driving a 2022 Chevrolet Equinox west on Highway 50 at the connector when he attempted to cross the road. The
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 73-year-old woman died in a crash on Wednesday in Osage County on Highway 100 near Brandt Road, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says the Linn woman drove a 2007 Chevrolet Impala eastbound when she suffered a medical emergency. The vehicle went off the right side of
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old Houston, Texas, man was seriously hurt after a semi-truck crash in Pettis County just after 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the man was driving a 2025 Kenworth Tractor Trailer east on Route D, east of McGruder Road, when the semi ran
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Eight people died on Missouri roads during Memorial Day weekend this year, according to preliminary results described in a Missouri State Highway Patrol press release from Tuesday. The reporting period for the weekend lasted from 6 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday. There were 234 crashes, 99 people with injuries and 107
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Four youth and a man from St. Joseph, Missouri, were injured in a boat crash on Monday at the Lake of the Ozarks. The Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District wrote in a social media post that that it received a call for a boating accident at the 38-mile marker and an MSHP
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PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old Plato man is seriously hurt after a crash on Highway AW south of Highway TT Friday night, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. A 13-year-old boy was minorly hurt and a 39-year-old man was also moderately hurt in the crash. Both were from the St. Robert
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A road at a highly traveled roundabout in Columbia was closed after a crash led to a light pole falling in the street. Country Wood Road was closed after a non-injury crash occurred. A Columbia Police Officer at the scene did not give a timeframe for how long the road would be
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s counting period for the Memorial Day holiday weekend kicked off at 6 p.m. Friday. “Every available trooper will be on the road or on the water, enforcing Missouri laws and assisting those in need. Troopers on the roadways will focus their attention on hazardous moving violations, speed
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was charged with seven counts of driving while intoxicated in an April 3 crash on Interstate 70 that caused serious injuries. Samuel Jacob Creasy was charged on Friday. He was arrested in April and posted a $1,500 bond. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The
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