LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) A 54-year-old Kansas man was seriously injured Thursday at the Lake of the Ozarks after he was hit by a boat propeller, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says the boat – a 2015 Regal driven by Aidan Lee, 22, of Manhattan, Kansas –
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BELLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A 60-year-old Arkansas man suffered serious injuries Wednesday in a motorcycle crash in Maries County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states that the crash occurred when a 2008 Harley Davidson – driven by Mark Kelly, of Eureka Springs, Arkansas – hit an animal while going eastbound
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A woman is presumed dead after her vehicle was swept up in Perche Creek floodwaters west of Columbia on Wednesday.
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AAA projects 70.9 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the Fourth of July weekend.
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The National Transportation Research Group reports that crashes resulting in deaths have increased by 31% in the past decade, despite a decline since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A project to repair the Highway 54 overpass over Highway 50 and McCarty Street in Jefferson City will begin Monday, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. Lanes will be reduced to one lane in each direction on Monday, July 15, the release says. All on-and-off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A portion of Business Loop 70 in Columbia will close for two days next week as crews remove out-of-use railroad tracks near the power plant, according to a Monday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. The City of Columbia is partnering with MoDOT on the project, the release says. Traffic
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) On Saturday, the teen driving school B.R.A.K.E.S. traveled to Jefferson City to host training sessions for teenagers in Cole County. B.R.A.K.E.S, which stands for be responsible and keep everyone safe is a nonprofit whose mission is to prevent injuries and save lives. The company works to train and educate teenage drivers
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OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Chamois, Mo. woman was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash in Osage County Saturday evening. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Nicole Musgrave, 36, of Chamois, Mo. was driving East on Route C 1/8 mile East of Cr 431 at 6:15 p.m. The crash occurred
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A Hallsville man was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of driving drunk and causing a head-on crash.
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A 16-year-old boy was hurt when he was hit by a vehicle Wednesday in Mexico, police say.
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OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Florissant man was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday on Route P in Osage County, east of FBF Lane, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report states a 2017 Isuzu NPR HD – driven by Gary Kemp, 34 – was heading eastbound when it went
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) Data from the National Traffic Highway Administration Shows that Highway 5 has seen the most deaths in the state during the past five years. The highway saw an average of 11 traffic-related deaths per year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System data from 2018-22. On Tuesday,
Continue Reading HOWARD COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Five people were injured – four seriously – in a Tuesday crash in Howard County on Highway 5, south of County Road 345, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The report says a 2014 Chevrolet Captiva – driven by Heaven-Lee Hundley, 19, of Fayette – was heading southbound
Continue Reading ROLLA, Mo. (KMIZ) An Illinois man was seriously injured Monday in a crash on Highway 63 about two miles south of Rolla, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, a Nissan Murano – driven by Paul Dietrich, 71, of Fairview Heights, Illinois – was heading northbound on Highway 63.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash on Monday at the Missouri River Bridge on Highway 54 in Jefferson City was caused from a trailer that became unhooked from a flipped vehicle, according to a Jefferson City Police Department spokesman. The crash occurred around 1:30 p.m. Traffic stalled for more than an hour. Lanes are blocked
Continue Reading PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Two men were seriously injured in a truck crash early Sunday in Pulaski County on Route U, about six miles west of Crocker, a Missouri State Highway Patrol says. According to the report, the crash occurred as a 2020 Hino 268 – driven by Jerry Halton, 21, of Dallas, Texas –
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Fulton announced a closure for Westminster Avenue this week as a new water line will be installed, according to a social media post from the city. Westminster Avenue will closed each day this week through Friday from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. from West Chestnut Street to Business 54, the post
Continue Reading CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A St. Louis man was seriously injured in a UTV crash in Camden County Saturday morning. According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Joshua Farley, 28 of O’Fallon, Mo. was performing stunts in a field at 376 Cyrus Drive in Camden County at 10 a.m. The report
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A 14-year-old driver has died after a crash early Friday in Pettis County, according to an updated Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The teen girl, whose name was withheld from the highway patrol crash report, was driving a Ford Fusion southbound at Route K and McCubbin Road, just south of Houstonia.
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