1 dead in Camden County crash

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A second deadly crash in as many days occurred Friday in Camden County on Highway 5 near the Niangua Bridge, the Missouri State Highway Patrol announced on its social media.

MSHP’s Troop F – which covers much of Mid-Missouri – first announced at 6:57 p.m. that troopers were investigation a head-on crash that involved an impaired driver. Multiple people were reported injured.

🚨Head-on Crash in Camden County🚨

Troopers are investigating a two vehicle crash involving an impaired driver on MO 5, south of the Niangua Bridge, in Camden County.

Multiple people are injured and the roadway is blocked. Please avoid the area and use an alternate route. pic.twitter.com/vmJtA6TGVv

— MSHP Troop F (@MSHPTrooperF) June 12, 2026

MSHP announced the fatality at 8:51 p.m. The road at the Niangua Bridge is still blocked “as investigators reconstruct the crash,” the post says.

🚨Update: Unfortunately, this Camden County crash has resulted in one fatality.

MO 5 at the Niangua Bridge is still blocked as investigators reconstruct the crash.

Please avoid the area and use an alternate route.

More information will be released when it becomes available. pic.twitter.com/fyWWQM2EiB

— MSHP Troop F (@MSHPTrooperF) June 13, 2026

A Colorado woman died in a head-on crash that occurred Thursday on Highway 7 and led to three other people being injured.

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