Vandiver Drive re-opens after false bomb threat

Columbia police re-opened a portion of Vandiver Drive after is was blocked off for a potential bomb threat.

However, after an investigation that lasted more than one and a half hours, police determined the threat was false.

The threat in the 500 block of Vandiver was determined to be false. Vandiver is reopening to traffic now.

— ColumbiaPD (@ColumbiaPD) September 7, 2018

The street was blocked off between North Providence Road and Corporate Place.

Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification about the closure at 2:06 p.m. The Columbia Police Department later said on Twitter that the closure of the 500 block of Vandiver was related to an investigation of a bomb threat.

Vandiver between Providence and Rangeline is closed while emergency services investigate a bomb threat in the 500 blk of Vandiver. Please avoid the area.

— ColumbiaPD (@ColumbiaPD) September 7, 2018