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Car trapped in floodwaters on Creasy Springs in Columbia

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Published 5:24 AM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

EDITOR'S NOTE: A Columbia firefighter's rank has been corrected.

Emergency crews in Columbia rescued two people from a car that was stuck in water Monday after early morning storms.

Columbia Fire crews responded to a car trapped in flooded waters on Creasy Springs. Columbia Fire Department Battalion Chief Roger Mertensmeyer told ABC 17 News crews on scene that two people were stuck, but there were no injuries. A rescue boat was not needed, and the rescue took less than five minutes.

Mertensmeyer said he wanted to remind the public to be careful and turn around, don't drown.

Boone County Joint Communication sent an alert at 4:50 a.m. that Creasy Springs near Bear Creek was flooded.

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Jazsmin Halliburton

Jazsmin Halliburton joined ABC 17 News as a multimedia journalist in October 2023.

She is a graduate of the A.Q. Miller School master’s program at Kansas State University.

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