Repairs to the Route 13 bridge over U.S. Route 36 in Hamilton in Caldwell County are now complete. The project, which started in late May, was led by Comanche Construction, Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation. The bridge had been narrowed since being struck by a vehicle in a 2019 crash. With the […]
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Kirksville man injured in crash on northbound Highway 63
A driver from Kirksville was injured when his vehicle, stopped in traffic, was struck from behind on Monday one mile north of Kirksville on Highway 63. Taken by an ambulance to Northeast Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries was 76 year old Frederick Bailey of Kirksville. The driver of a northbound pickup, 21 year old […]
Mercer County Fire Protection District provides additional details regarding Cedar Ridge Apartments fire
A dispatcher with the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office confirms there are no known injuries among occupants of the Cedar Ridge Apartments who were able to escape a raging fire with heavy smoke yesterday afternoon. The Mercer County Fire Protection District was dispatched to the blaze east of Princeton on Highway 136. When crews arrived, the […]
Three teenagers from Maysville injured in crash on Southwest Kennedy Road
Three teenagers from Maysville were injured last night at 10 pm when a truck traveled through a T-intersection and struck an embankment two miles west of Maysville. Taken by ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center were the driver, 17-year-old Coleman Roberts as well as two female passengers, both 14 years old. The highway patrol noted […]
Gallatin woman life-flighted to KC after vehicle swerves to miss deer in roadway
A single-vehicle rollover accident southwest of Jamesport Sunday morning at 10:35 am injured a Gallatin woman. Ninteen-year-old Dariyn Pettit was flown by a Lifeflight Eagle to the Truman Medical Center. An investigator said the car was eastbound when the driver swerved to miss a deer in the road. She over-corrected causing the car to go […]
Cameron teenager and infant daughter injured after being sideswiped by stolen RV
Three people were hurt a motorcoach recreational vehicle made an improper pass and hit the side of a car in Holt. The RV went off the road and overturned onto its top and the car went off the road and came to rest on its wheels. The driver of the RV, 36-year old Dustin Leach […]
Kidder woman life-flighted after crash near Lake of the Ozarks
A Kidder resident received serious injuries Saturday night in a traffic accident south of Lake of the Ozarks. Forty-eight-year-old Marlo Crabb of Kidder was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia. She was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by 50-year old Dale Crabb, also of Kidder, who was not reported hurt. […]
Browning man life-flighted after hitting creek bank, accused of DWI
A Browning resident was hurt Saturday night when the pickup truck he was driving went off a country road and hit a creek bank west of Browning. Thirty-year-old Cody Lane was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries. The crash happened one mile west of Browning on Elk Road as […]
Breckenridge woman injured in crash at intersection of Highway 13 and Broadway in Kingston
A Breckenridge resident was hurt when a pickup truck traveled into the path of a sports utility vehicle in Kingston. Seventy-year old Connie McCleary was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries. She was a passenger in a pickup driven by 37-year old Phillip Joyce of Cameron. Joyce, and the driver of the […]
ATV strikes parked SUV head-on injuring 3, driver accused of driving while intoxicated
Three people were hurt early Sunday when an all-terrain vehicle hit a stationary vehicle head-on in Carroll County and were ejected from the vehicle. Two passengers, 20-year old Christian Coats of Norborne and a 16-year old juvenile boy from Orrick, were taken by private vehicle to Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton with serious injuries. The […]
Osborn teen injured after striking animal in roadway with motorcycle
The Highway Patrol reports an Osborn teen sustained moderate injuries when the motorcycle he drove struck an animal and overturned three miles east of Amity the night of Friday, July 17th. An ambulance transported T. W. Sterling to Mosaic Life Care of Saint Joseph. The motorcycle traveled west on Highway 6 before the animal entered […]
Patrol announces written and skills test for all license classes to return to normal dates and times
Highway Patrol Troop B Commanding Officer Captain James Wilt announces that written and skills testing for all classes of licenses will return to their normal dates and times in each of the troop’s 16 counties, effective Monday, July 20th. Testing locations, dates, and times can be found on the Patrol’s website under the Patrol Station […]
Milan man accused of driving while intoxicated
The Highway Patrol reports the arrest of a Milan man in Sullivan County the evening of Friday, July 17th on several allegations. Twenty-two year old Ramon Rodriguez Torres was accused of driving while intoxicated—drug, possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana, and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also accused of speeding, failing […]
Queen City man injured after pulling into path of Peterbilt truck
The Highway Patrol reports a Queen City man sustained minor injuries when the pickup truck he drove pulled into the path of a Peterbilt in Schuyler County the morning of Friday, July 17th. A private vehicle transported 53 year old David Crawford to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. The driver of the other […]
Two life-flighted to KC hospitals after ATV crash in Carroll County
Two people were injured Thursday night in rural Carroll county in an accident involving all-terrain vehicles when one of the ATVs had come to a stop along County Road 361 when it was struck from the rear by the other. The operator of the stopped vehicle, 22-year-old Quinton Johnson of Hale, was not reported injured. […]
One dead, one injured in rollover crash on Highway 36
One person was killed and another injured on Thursday afternoon when a sports utility vehicle traveled off a highway and overturned ejecting both occupants. The accident, just before 4 pm Thursday, happened on the westbound Highway 36 off-ramp to Highway 63 at Macon. Pronounced dead at Samaritan Hospital was the driver, 73 year old David […]
Two-year-old boy survives, four others dead in rollover crash on Highway 169
Four people died as a result of a vehicle traveling off a highway in far northwest Missouri and overturning multiple times. Only a two-year-old boy survived as the highway patrol said he was using a safety device. The accident on Thursday afternoon happened nine miles northeast of St. Joseph. The driver, 61-year-old Twila Obanion of […]
Robert Shiflett enters “Guilty” plea, waives formal arraignment in Caldwell County court
A Brookfield man accused of driving the wrong way at a high speed on U. S. Highway 36 in December waived formal arraignment and entered a plea of guilty in Division One of Caldwell County Circuit Court Thursday, July 16th. Online court information shows the prosecutor dismissed two counts for 58-year-old Robert Shiflett. In exchange […]
Chillicothe city worker injured after being struck by vehicle
The Chillicothe Police Department reports a city utility worker sustained minor injuries after being struck by a vehicle near Third and Cherry streets the afternoon of Wednesday, July 15th. The worker, whose name was not released, was said to be crossing the street when he was hit. The police note the suspect vehicle fled the […]
Closure set for Route 190 west of Chillicothe
A bridge deck replacement project, led by contractors from Comanche Construction Inc., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, has been active since early March on Route 190 at the Thompson River Bridge just west of Chillicothe. Up to this point, bridge construction has been staged to allow one lane of traffic over the bridge, […]