COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Moberly woman has been charged after she is accused of leading deputies on a chase and crashing into a deputy. Jaynee Collins, 28, has been charged with aggravated fleeing a stop or detention. Court documents state that deputies were told about a stolen car seen south of Morely Street going at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – A car crash blocked northbound lanes of Paris Road in northeast Columbia on Wednesday morning. Boone County Joint Communications sent an alert just after 9 a.m. that first responders had blocked the northbound lanes of Paris Road near Brown Station Road. Columbia Police Department spokesperson Brian McNeill told ABC 17 News
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man is dead after a crash with a tractor-trailer in Audrain County Tuesday night, according to a press release from the Mexico Public Safety Department. The release states a 34-year-old Centralia man was driving a 2006 Ford passenger car east in the 1500 block of W. Monroe St. around 10:30 p.m.,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of South Sixth Street in Columbia is closed due to a chilled water line break. Columbia Public Works said in a release that South Sixth Street is closed to traffic between Elm Street and East Stewart Road. The area is expected to be closed between two and seven days while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Starting in early September, Highway 50 over Vetter Lane in Jefferson City will be narrowed a crews work on the bridge for several months. According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, starting Sept. 8, construction crews will start to narrow Highway 50 over Vetter Lane to one lane in each direction. Traffic
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Prairie Home woman suffered moderate injuries when a car rear-ended the buggy she was riding in on Monday night. The crash happened on Highway 87 north of Apple Drive in Prairie Home, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. A Chevrolet Malibu sedan driven by a 22-year-old Prairie Home
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 35-year-old man from Pulaski County was seriously hurt on Monday afternoon in a crash on Interstate 44. Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 2:19 p.m. on I-44 eastbound at mile marker 154.8 in Pulaski County. The crash report states the driver, a 35-year-old man from Richland, was in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were hurt after a crash in Audrian County on Monday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report states the crash happened at 7:10 a.m. on Monday at Highway 54 and County Road 485. The crash report states the crash involved three vehicles: a 2014 GMC Terrain, a 2015 Mercedes ML350
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Two people have died after a crash on Sunday night in Gasconade County.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Waynesville man was hurt on Monday after an early morning crash. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened at 12:44 a.m. on Highway NN near Springer Lane in Pulaski County. Troopers said a 54-year-old man was driving a 2025 Dodge Durango when he went off the right side of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 58-year-old woman was crushed by a boat that she was attempting to tie to the dock on the Lake of the Ozarks. The woman is from Junction City, Kansas, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s online report. The report states that she was tying up the boat at about 7:14
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The crash location has been corrected. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Hallsville residents were declared dead at the scene of a crash with a tractor-trailer Saturday in Monroe County. A 46-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman were killed when their Ford Escape didn’t yield to the tractor-trailer on Highway 154 west of Perry, according
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old man was seriously hurt after a crash in Benton County Sunday evening, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states a 60-year-old Lowry City man was driving a 1996 Toyota Camry east on Route T, west of Quail Run Rd., when he swerved into the westbound
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 843 school bus crashes statewide, resulting in seven deaths in 2024. According to the MSHP’s latest report: Small School Buses: 145 crashes statewide 118 with property damage 26 with injuries 1 fatal Large School Buses: 679 crashes statewide 560+ with property damage 113 with injuries 2
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HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man was seriously injured in a Howard County crash Sunday afternoon. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 27-year-old was riding a 2001 Honda Shadow southbound when the bike exited the right side of the road. The vehicle became airborne, hit a fence and overturned. The
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MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two Missouri women were seriously injured in a crash in Morgan County Sunday morning. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the crash occurred on Route D just after 9:30 a.m. The report states a a 32-year-old Sedalia woman was driving a 2003 Toyota Echo southbound when the vehicle
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A crash shut down a portion of southbound Providence Road in Columbia Saturday night.
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COLUMMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Law enforcement agencies across Missouri participated in Saturation Saturday, an annual event aimed at curbing impaired driving through coordinated checkpoints and increased patrols. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 27% of Missouri’s traffic deaths in 2022 were caused by impaired drivers. For Sheila Lockwood, a Mothers Against Drunk Driving ambassador,
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An elderly man from Macks Creek was flown to University Hospital on Friday after he was seriously injured in a crash in Camden County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the crash occurred on eastbound Highway 54. A 2002 Chevrolet Silverado was heading east
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Contractors for the City of Columbia will conduct some pavement maintenance from Aug. 27-Sept. 12 on more than 30 streets around the city, a Friday press release from the city says. The release says crews will use Onyx surface treatment on treats that previously used chip seal. Onyx is a thin, fast-drying
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