Police say 8 vehicles involved, 3 injured in Wednesday night crash on I-70

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department now says that eight vehicles were involved in a crash Wednesday night on Interstate 70 that sent two people to the hospital. CPD wrote in a Thursday evening press release that three people were injured in the crash, though only two needed treatment at a hospital for minor injuries.

The other person was treated at the scene. The crash near Range Line Street caused a closure to the Stadium Boulevard exit that lasted nearly three hours. CPD says the crash occurred in the eastbound lane when a tractor-trailer hit another semi truck that was slowing for traffic congestion.



The first tractor-trailer hit the median and eventually hit six other vehicles, the release says. Three vehicles caught fire in the accident.