MSHP reports second deadly crash in same area of I-70 in Montgomery County

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)

Three people have died in two separate crashes in the same area of Interstate 70 on Monday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed.

A crash involving two tractor-trailers at mile marker 181 in Montgomery County led to one of the drivers getting killed. The second driver is injured. MSHP’s Troop F – which covers much of Mid-Missouri – wrote that the tractor-trailer crash occurred before a double-fatal crash with a motorcycle.

🚨Second Fatal Crash on WB I-70🚨

Troopers are investigating a second fatal crash involving two tractor trailers at the 181 mile marker, in Montgomery County.

One driver is deceased and the other is injured.

(This crash happened just prior to the double fatality crash.) pic.twitter.com/uHnoMqnRDN

— MSHP Troop F (@MSHPTrooperF) August 3, 2026

The crash between a motorcycle and a box truck happened after a tractor-trailer fire had earlier closed the road. A highway patrol spokesman said the box truck driver was not hurt.

Traffic was stalled on Interstate 70 near Jonesburg at about 2 p.m. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported two people were dead in the crash at mile marker 182.2. The Missouri Department of Transportation traveler information map indicated the westbound lanes could be closed until about 4 p.m.

A news release from MoDOT said the road would be closed for an undetermined length of time.

Other details about the crash were not immediately available.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said at about 11:30 a.m. that the earlier truck fire was extinguished and crews were working to move the tractor-trailer from the interstate. The road was closed east of the New Florence/Hermann exit.

The westbound lanes reopened from the fire early Monday afternoon. But near the fire site, traffic was stalled again, starting a little before 2 p.m.