COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A school bus carrying five Blair Oaks School District students was hit by an SUV Wednesday morning. Cole County Emergency Services was called to the crash at Route B and Tanner Bridge Road at about 7 a.m. The school bus and the small SUV that collided with it each had moderate damage,
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation said Wednesday that speed limits will increase to 75 miles per hour on eight stretches of rural interstate around the state. In a news release, the department stated it took various factors into consideration when deciding where to change speed limits: Current traffic numbers. Truck traffic.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A lifelong Columbia resident says he has shared his concerns about excessive speeding on Garth Avenue, but he claims the city won’t take his issue seriously. Stacy Wilson, 63, has lived in the 2500 block of North Garth Avenue for over 30 years. He told ABC 17 News on Wednesday that the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Highway 54 overpass in Kingdom City that goes over Interstate 70 will closed at the end of the month as crews demolish old bridges as part of the Improve I-70 Project, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation. MoDOT crews will demolish “the two no-longer-used bridges
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A crash report says a 43-year-old man died in an October crash after he was hit by two vehicles and a Tesla dragged his body for about a half-mile. A crash occurred 6:40 a.m. Oct. 1 in the 2500 block of Paris Road. The report says the victim was Russell Matthew, of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A semi-truck crash on westbound Interstate 70 in Callaway County closed the left lane for more than four hours Tuesday. According to the MoDOT Traveler Map, the crash near the 137 mile-marker was reported at 6:40 a.m. Traffic is backed up past the Millersburg exit. ABC 17 News arrived at the scene
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Emergency repairs to a gas line have closed an intersection in the heart of downtown Columbia. Ameren Missouri, which maintains the gas service, closed the intersection of Seventh and Cherry for the emergency repair on Monday afternoon. Work is expected to take several days, according to a City of Columbia news release.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Several media companies and associations have sued the Missouri State Highway Patrol to restore access to the names of those involved in crashes. The Missouri Broadcasters Association, Missouri Press Association, Gray Local Media, Warden Public Company and editor Roxie Murphy are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit against MSHP. ABC 17 News
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BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation’s traffic shift on I-70 in Cooper County has been pushed back. In an email to ABC 17 at 8:19 a.m., A MoDOT spokesperson said the department is meeting with the contractor Monday morning to finalize plans, but they believe it has been pushed to the week of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A vehicle crash in South Columbia closed Providence Road near in the intersection of East Southhampton Drive around noon Sunday. A text from the Boone County Joint Communications alerted drivers that the road reopened around 12:45 p.m. An ABC 17 News reporter saw two cars at the intersection. One vehicle was overturned,
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An Osage Beach woman was airlifted with serious injuries after a crash in Morgan County Saturday night.
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 32-year-old was a passenger in a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro driven by a 37-year-old man from Ivy Bend.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Sidewalk closures have been announced for next week in downtown Columbia, the city announced in a Friday press release. The release says crews will begin painting the roofline of the Gentry Building at 1 South Seventh St. The nearby sidewalks along East Broadway and Seventh Street will close from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One person was taken to the hospital after a crash in west Columbia on Friday afternoon. The Columbia Fire Department told ABC 17 News that firefighters were dispatched to the intersection of West Broadway and Park De Ville Drive at 12:37 p.m. for reports of a crash. A Boone County Joint Communications
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Public Works is considering a roundabout at East Green Meadows Road and East Nifong Boulevard in an effort to improve traffic flow and reduce crashes on the city’s south side. The Public Works Department hosted its first public open house Thursday evening to give residents a look at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 86-year-old Sunrise Beach man was seriously hurt in a Camden County crash at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the man was driving a 2018 Jeep Cherokee on Route TT at Shawnee View Dr. when the man went off the left side of the road
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A non-injury crash closed one lane of U.S. Highway 63 Thursday morning. The highway fully reopened just before 7:30 a.m. A Boone County Joint Communications alert was sent around 6:20 a.m. stating that the crash was on the highway at E. Dripping Springs Road in Boone County and to avoid the area
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man and two people from Dixon were killed Wednesday morning when a vehicle hydroplaned on Highway 63 in Maries County near the Osage County line. A 29-year-old Fulton man died after a Buick Encore lost control while passing a tractor-trailer and hit the Ford F-150 he was riding in, according
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two people were injured – one seriously – in a crash Wednesday morning in Phelps County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says a 24-year-old Edgar Springs man drove a 2016 Chevrolet 1500 northbound in the 19000 block of Route O. The truck went off
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Multiple lanes of Interstate 70 were shut down on Tuesday night in Columbia after a crash with a motorcycle occurred. Boone County Joint Communications sent an alert at around 1:40 a.m. Wednesday that all lanes were back open, after being impacted for nearly three hours. The Columbia Police Department announced at 11
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An 18-year-old man was seriously injured in a crash on Tuesday afternoon in Osage County, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The report says the Linn man drove his 2025 Dodge 1500 southbound on Route U, went off the right side of the road before overcorrecting and
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