35-year-old dies in Business Loop 70 crash on Friday morning
Gabrielle Teiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Columbia police confirmed one person died after a crash on W. Business Loop 70 that shut down the road for more than an hour. The road reopened just before 8:40 a.m.
A police officer at the scene told ABC 17 News that the accident involved two vehicles and one person died from the crash.
A motorcycle was seen on the ground on Business Loop 70 just past the Interstate 70 and Creasy Springs Road roundabout. A grey car was also seen with damage to its side.
Police later shared in a press release that a 35-year-old Columbia resident died in the crash. Other identifying information was not immediately available. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
The release says a vehicle driven by a 48-year-old Columbia resident turned left into a business parking, but failed to yield to the motorcycle heading in the opposite direction.
A Boone County Joint Communications alert sent just after 7 a.m. states, “W Business Loop between Creasy Springs and Schwabe Ln. closed due to motor vehicle collision. Choose alternate route.”
Four Columbia Police Department vehicles were at the scene. The roadway was completely blocked by police vehicles.
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