WINTER STORM UPDATES: Interstate 44 closed in Pulaski County as snowfall continues

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The highway patrol closed one side of Interstate 44 in Pulaski County on Saturday afternoon after a pileup involving multiple tractor-trailers.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop I posted on social media that eastbound I-44 was closed at mile marker 163 in the St. Robert area after "multiple tractor-trailers jackknifed." The patrol did not provide other details.

The Missouri Department of Transportation's traveler information map showed the closure would likely last several hours.

The map lists I-44 in the area of the crash as snow covered. The map also showed Highway 63 covered from the Lake of the Ozarks area to the northern border of Boone County. Most smaller state highways were also listed as covered.

Interstate 70 was partially covered throughout the state.

A public observer in Rolla reported about an inch of snowfall just before 1 p.m.