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Highway 63 traffic slowed by two early morning incidents

UPDATE – 7:30 a.m.: Columbia fire crews said all lanes of Hwy 63 are back open after two traffic incidents Thursday morning.

UPDATE – 6:40 a.m.: Columbia Police and emergency crews cleared the scene at Hwy 63 near Broadway about two hours after the two-car crash happened Thursday morning.

Columbia fire crews say a separate incident occurred about a quarter-mile north of the crash just after 6 a.m.

“MoDOT is working to remove the non hazardous nonsubstance,” said the department in a social media post.

{“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/885456251798396928″,”author_name”:”Columbia_Fire”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;A secondary incident has occurred on NB US 63 just north of Broadway accident. MoDOT is working to remove the non hazardous nonsubstance. &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/ckslolBOu5″&#gt;pic.twitter.com/ckslolBOu5&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Columbia_Fire (@Columbia_Fire) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/885456251798396928″&#gt;July 13, 2017&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

{“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/885464307168940032″,”author_name”:”Columbia_Fire”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Clean up crews are working to clean up the spill on SB 63 at Broadway. 1 lane is blocked. Expect traffic delays for the next hour. &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/ukhXl8j4IL”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/ukhXl8j4IL&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Columbia_Fire (@Columbia_Fire) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/885464307168940032″&#gt;July 13, 2017&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

ORIGINAL STORY: A crash on Highway 63 sent three people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries early Thursday morning.

A pickup truck and a commercial vehicle were involved in the accident near Broadway.

Traffic on the southbound lane of the highway was reduced to one lane, according to officials on scene.

{“url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/885441099678056449″,”author_name”:”Columbia_Fire”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Accident with entrapment in the southbound lane of US 63 just north of Broadway. One lane currently open. 3 injuries reported. &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/FlBYgJq3lZ”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/FlBYgJq3lZ&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;– Columbia_Fire (@Columbia_Fire) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/Columbia_Fire/status/885441099678056449″&#gt;July 13, 2017&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

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