Police respond to car crash in southwest Columbia

Marie Moyer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Eastbound traffic near the 3000 block of Chapel Hill Road, just east of Chapel Ridge Road, was stalled after a car crash in southwest Columbia Sunday evening.

An ABC 17 News reporter on scene at around 7:20 p.m. saw a Grey Nissan Kicks turned west in the eastbound lane of Chapel Hill Road facing a silver Buick Lucerne turned east also in the eastbound lane. Both cars’ front bumpers were crumpled and the Nissan’s airbags were deployed.

Boone County Joint Communications also sent out a message at around 7 p.m. warning drivers of the scene and to use caution in the area.

An adult woman was seen being put in an ambulance and driven away from the scene; the ambulance’s lights were not on.

At least two Columbia Police Department vehicles, one Columbia Fire Department truck and a MU Health Care ambulance responded to the crash.

Both cars were later towed from the scene at around 7:40 p.m.

ABC 17 News has reached out to the CPD for details.

Check back for updates.

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