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Possible DWI crash leaves teen in critical condition

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October 27, 2021 5:36 AM
Published 5:30 AM

BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

One person has been arrested following a crash in south Columbia Tuesday night.

Duncan McCracking was arrested on suspicion of a DWI causing physical injury and running a red light.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 19-year-old Ashley Footer was turning left from providence onto Highway 163 near Route K when an SUV ran a red light and hit her around 9:20 Tuesday night.

Troopers said McCracking was driving the SUV that hit Footer. He wasn't hurt in the crash.

Footer was taken to University Hospital with serious injuries. University Hospital spokesman Eric Maze said she was in critical condition Wednesday morning.

Providence Road was closed for about an hour while authorities investigated the crash.

As of 4 a.m. Wednesday morning McCracking was not listed as an inmate in the Boone County Jail.

At this time prosecutors have not filed any charges against him.

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Zola Crowder joined the ABC 17 News team as a multimedia journalist in June 2020 after graduating from the University of Missouri with a broadcast journalism degree. Before reporting at ABC 17, Zola was a reporter at KOMU where she learned to cover politics, crime, education, economics and more.

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