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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">November 28, 2017</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Officer Nathan Turner
<br />Columbia Police Department-Traffic Unit
<br />600 E. Walnut
<br />Columbia, MO 65202
<br />(573)874-7652
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<br />Officer Latisha Stroer
<br />Public Information Officer
<br />(573) 874-7448
<br />latisha.stroer@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:200%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">FATALITY CRASH IN THE 4600 BLOCK OF I-70 DRIVE SOUTHEAST</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;">Type of Incident: Fatality Crash</p>
<p>CAD: 2017223286</p>
<p>Date and Time Occurred: 11/27/17 @ 12:52 a.m.</p>
<p>Accident Location: 4600 block of I-70 Drive Southeast</p>
<p> Driver: Unknown</p>
<p>Passenger 1: Cathy Watson</p>
<p> Columbia, Missouri</p>
<p> Age: 58</p>
<p> Seatbelt: No</p>
<p> Injury: Fatal</p>
<p>Passenger 2: Randy Burks</p>
<p> Columbia, Missouri</p>
<p> Age: 51</p>
<p> Seatbelt: No</p>
<p> Injury: Serious/Life Threatening</p>
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<p>Incident Details:</p>
<p>The vehicle was traveling east in the 4600 block of I-70 Drive Southeast when the vehicle began fading to the right and crashed into a bridge support. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene on foot. Passenger 1 had to be extricated from the vehicle by the Columbia Fire Department. Passenger 2 was riding in the bed of the truck.</p>
<p>Both passengers were transported by ambulance to a local hospital for serious/life threatening injuries. Passenger 1, Cathy Watson, later died in the hospital due to her injuries sustained in the crash.</p>
<p>The investigation is ongoing.</p></div>
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<div class="content"><strong>Location:</strong> <a href="https://gis.gocolumbiamo.com/CityView/?find=I-70 Drive SE@Interstate Drive Southeast" target="_blank">I-70 Drive SE @ Interstate Drive Southeast</a></div>
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