Transportation Archives

Summertime heat could cause pavement blow-ups

June 17, 2022 11:48 AM Kennedy Miller

This week, Missourians are feeling the full effect of summer heat and so are the roads drivers travel on.

Former NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer involved in fatal crash

June 17, 2022 11:17 AM Associated Press

LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Former NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer was involved in a crash that killed a pedestrian in southwest Missouri earlier this month. Police say Bowyer’s vehicle struck a woman walking on an exit ramp on June 5 near Osage Beach. Bowyer stopped immediately and called 911. Police say 47-year-old Mary Jane Simmons

Sedalia man killed in motorcycle crash on Highway 50 in Johnson County

June 17, 2022 8:14 AM Joushua Blount

JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man is dead after a motorcycle crash Thursday night on Highway 50 in Johnson County. The crash happened around 9:15 p.m. in the westbound lanes of the highway near NE 501 Road, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said Ira J. Baldwin, 48, was thrown from the

One person dead, another injured in Highway 54 wreck in Jefferson City

June 16, 2022 4:18 PM Karl Wehmhoener

A two-vehicle crash delayed traffic for nearly an hour on Highway 54 and Hammann Drive in Jefferson City.

Columbia airport facing setbacks due to national pilot shortage

June 16, 2022 3:38 PM Sarah Higgins

Columbia’s airport is not immune to the nationwide pilot shortage.

Three people hurt after semi-truck rear ends SUV on I-44 in Pulaski County

June 16, 2022 6:28 AM Zachary Farwell

PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. Three people were hurt Wednesday afternoon following a crash on Interstate 44 in Pulaski County. The crash happened in the eastbound lanes about a mile east of St. Robert just before 5:30 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said a semi-truck driven by Brandon M. Blasingame, 24, of Rolla,

Brumley man hurt Monday night in motorcycle crash

June 15, 2022 6:39 AM Zachary Farwell

MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Crews flew a Brumley man to a hospital after a motorcycle crash in Miller County on Monday night. The crash happened around 10:05 p.m. in the 100 block of Hidden Bluff Circle in Brumley, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said a motorcycle driven by Keith C. Browning, 70,

MoDOT adds extra I-70 lane closure near Rocheport bridge for construction

June 14, 2022 5:15 PM Sarah Higgins

Missouri Department of Transportation contractors will begin their second night of lane closures near the I-70 Missouri River Bridge in Rocheport by closing another lane in the area.

Westbound Interstate 70 near Rocheport clear after crews respond to semi-truck trailer fire

June 14, 2022 6:13 AM Zachary Farwell

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Watch a replay of the scene in the player below: 8 a.m. update: Emergency crews have cleared the scene of a semi-truck trailer fire on Interstate 70 near Rocheport. Drivers should be able to access the westbound exit ramp to Route BB after crews closed it earlier Tuesday morning due to

St. James teen killed after falling out of truck bed

June 13, 2022 6:07 AM Zachary Farwell

PHELPS COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. James teenager was killed Sunday night after falling out of a pickup truck bed. The 16-year-old boy fell out of the vehicle on County Road 2250, about 2 miles west of St. James, around 10 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Staff at Phelps Health in Rolla

Columbia man dies from UTV crash Saturday

June 11, 2022 8:18 PM Hannah Falcon

Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a crash involving two people from Columbia and one from St. Charles that ended in the death of a 55-year-old.

MoDOT to have overnight lane closures next week during I-70 Rocheport Bridge replacement project

June 10, 2022 4:49 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says contractors will be closing one lane of westbound Interstate 70 overnights next week near the Rocheport Bridge in order to install concrete barriers in the median. Officials say the closures will take place from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. beginning Monday through Friday. MoDOT says

Three people seriously injured in a two-vehicle wreck in Miller County

June 10, 2022 4:22 PM Karl Wehmhoener

Three people were seriously injured after a two-vehicle wreck Friday morning in Miller County on Highway 52 north of Norman Road.

Residents give opinion to MoDOT on improvements to Route 63/Grindstone Parkway interchange

June 9, 2022 4:37 PM Sarah Higgins

The Missouri Department of Transportation is hosting a public hearing to gauge public opinion on a proposed project for the Route 63 and Grindstone Parkway interchange.

Two charged after a head-on crash involving homemade go-kart; suspects allegedly burn vehicle in cover-up

June 9, 2022 8:31 AM Zachary Farwell

Two people are charged in Miller County after a head-on crash on Wednesday morning and then allegedly trying to cover it up.

Two men were seriously injured after Audrain County wreck on Highway 54

June 9, 2022 8:53 AM Zachary Farwell

AUDRAIN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men were seriously hurt after a two-vehicle wreck on Highway 54 near County Road 737 east of Mexico, Missouri. MoDOT alerted drivers just after 7:50 a.m. the highway was closed in both directions between State Highway 19 and Route B. The crash involved a semi-truck and garbage truck, according to

Student representative to UM Board of Curators dies in crash

June 9, 2022 11:13 AM Matthew Sanders

The student representative to the University of Missouri Board of Curators was killed in a crash Wednesday that police reportedly say was caused by a suspected intoxicated driver.

MoDOT to hold public hearing for Highway 63/Grindstone Parkway improvement project

June 9, 2022 5:48 AM Ben Fein

The Missouri Department of Transportation is set to hold an open house style public hearing at New Haven Elementary School, regarding an improvement project on Highway 63.

Auxvasse man killed while working on bulldozer

June 8, 2022 8:40 AM Zachary Farwell

MARION COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) An Auxvasse man was killed Tuesday after he was hit by a bulldozer in Marion County. The incident happened just before 5:45 p.m. at a private property located about a mile east of Warren, Missouri, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said Joseph M. Shook, 28, was performing maintenance

Moberly man seriously hurt after truck reverses over him

June 7, 2022 11:08 PM Karl Wehmhoener

An 84-year-old man was seriously injured after he got out of a truck and the vehicle reversed over him at a private residence in Randolph County.