Lanes of I-70 reopen after motorcycle crash
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Multiple lanes of Interstate 70 were shut down on Tuesday night in Columbia after a crash with a motorcycle occurred.
Boone County Joint Communications sent an alert at around 1:40 a.m. Wednesday that all lanes were back open, after being impacted for nearly three hours.
The Columbia Police Department announced at 11 p.m. that officers responded to a crash scene on Interstate 70 near North Garth Road. The crash involved a motorcycle, police wrote.
Boone County Joint Communications announced the crash occurred near mile marker 126 at 10:39 p.m. At 10:51 p.m., joint communications sent a follow-up notification stating the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 were “completely” shut down, while one eastbound lane was also shut down.
An ABC 17 News reporter saw traffic slowly moving in one of the eastbound lanes at 11 p.m.
Information from the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Traveler Map says the closure is expected to last about an hour.
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