MoDOT to start work on Missouri River Bridge in Jefferson City Monday
One lane of Highway 54 on the Missouri River Bridge in Jefferson City is set to close Monday and last through Thursday for maintenance.
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City conducting safety audit of Paris Road after deadly motorcycle crash
The city is contracting with CBB Transportation Engineers and Planners of St. Louis for an audit of the road from Oakland Church Road in the north to Business Loop 70 in the south.
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One dead, one injured after a two-vehicle wreck on Highway 179 off-ramp in Jefferson City
Jefferson City police are reporting one person is dead and a passenger is injured after a two-vehicle afternoon crash on Highway 179 in Jefferson City.
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MoDOT seeking public comment on Interstate 70 in Boone County
MoDOT is seeking public comment on a study of Interstate 70 through Columbia, including potential alternatives at the I-70/Highway 63 Connector.
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Woman seriously injured after golf cart crash in Camden County
A woman was seriously injured after a golf cart crash at the Golf Club at Deer Chase in Linn Creek Wednesday morning.
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Four injured after two-vehicle crash in Callaway County
CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Four people are injured after a two-vehicle crash on Route WW on Wednesday afternoon in Callaway County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, Erynn Knight, 18, of Fulton, was driving a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am and pulled out from a private drive in front of a 2007 Jeep
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Two separate crashes on Wednesday morning temporarily close Highway 63
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Two morning crashes three hours apart slowed traffic on Highway 63 on Wednesday. At 4:09 a.m., the Columbia Fire Department responded to a crash at Highway 63 at Grindstone Parkway. The first Columbia Fire crew arrived just before 4:20 a.m. found a dump truck on its side in the northbound lanes of
Continue Reading Boone County to begin chip seal treatment of 36 sites beginning Friday
The annual preservation chip seal treatment in Boone County will begin Friday and go through two weeks.
Continue Reading One man seriously hurt after motorcycle crash in Johnson County
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported one man was seriously injured following a motorcycle crash in Johnson County, Tuesday evening.
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Gravois Mills man seriously injured after motorcycle crash in Camden County
A motorcycle driver was seriously injured after a Tuesday afternoon wreck on Old Highway 54, a quarter-mile west of Route AA in Camden County.
Continue Reading Lane restrictions on Interstate 70 at High Hill in Montgomery County will be down to one lane Wednesday
MoDOT contractors will work from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. as they close a lane in each direction on Interstate 70 at mile marker 180 to continue work on the overpass that was hit by a tractor-trailer on June 23.
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Highway patrol reports seven deaths over holiday weekend
The patrol reported six traffic deaths and one drowning. None of the reported deaths were in Central Missouri.
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Two teens flown to University Hospital after UTV crash
HOWARD Co. (KMIZ) Two teens were flown to University Hospital on Monday night after a UTV crash in Howard County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 14-year-old boys were driving along County Rd. 261 near County Rd. 259 when the driver lost control and overcorrected. The UTV then went off the
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Three people hurt after Morgan County golf cart crash
MORGAN CO., Mo. (KMIZ) Three people were transported to Lake Regional Hospital after crashing their golf cart on Sunday night in Morgan County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Crash Report, the three people were traveling north on Red Arrow Rd. in a golf cart. The report says the driver, 50-year-old Angela K. Gerstner drove
Continue Reading One person seriously hurt after a crash in Miller County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Camden County man was seriously injured in a crash Friday night. The crash happened in Miller County along Highway 42. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 53-year-old Timothy Farr lost control of his 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle causing it to overturn, then hitting the side of a Dodge Ram 2500 driven
Continue Reading Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Fourth of July counting period started Friday night
COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway patrol’s annual Fourth of July Counting period starts on Friday at 6 p.m. and will run until 11:59 p.m. on the Fourth of July. The counting period is a way for the departments to track traffic trends on the busy holiday weekend. “So it gives us an idea
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Columbia Regional Airport preparing for busy holiday weekend
AAA expects there to be over 47.9 million Americans will travel this weekend with 3.6 million of those expected to be to traveling by air.
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Motorcyclist killed in Columbia crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A motorcyclist was killed Friday morning in a crash in north Columbia. The crash happened at about 9:45 a.m. at Paris Road and Vandiver Drive, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release. Mark Lamont, 49, of Columbia was not wearing a helmet and suffered fatal injuries, police said. The crash
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Amtrak, BNSF sue dump truck driver’s company in fatal train crash and derailment
Amtrak and railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe have sued the company that employed a dump truck driver killed in a train crash this week in Chariton County.
Continue Reading Man hurt after rollover UTV crash in Benton County
BENTON COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Hardin, Missouri man was hurt Thursday night after a rollover UTV crash in Benton County. The crash happened west of Warsaw, Missouri around 9:35 p.m., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Troopers said the UTV driven by 39-year-old Gerald M. Messer rolled over while going down a hill. Messer
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