Crash blocks traffic on I-70 in Columbia

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A crash in the westbound lane of Interstate 70 led to a lane of traffic becoming blocked on Wednesday night.

A viewer at 10:14 p.m. said they saw the crash occur minutes before in the westbound lane and said multiple cars were involved. Boone County Joint Communications sent a notification at 10:17 p.m. stating that a collision occurred at the 127.6-mile marker of westbound Interstate 70. One lane of traffic was blocked.

Traffic backed up past the Highway 63 connector.

An ABC 17 News reporter saw a vehicle getting towed at 10:53 p.m. Traffic began moving again at 11 p.m.

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