[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Death Investigation On I-70 Westbound At Mile Marker 126

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Officer Latisha Stroer
Public Information Officer
(573) 874-7448
latisha.stroer at CoMo.gov


Death Investigation On I-70 Westbound At Mile Marker 126

COLUMBIA, MO (July 27, 2016) -                                DEATH INVESTIGATION ON I70 WESTBOUND AT MILE MARKER 126

 

On 7/26/16 at 10:36 p.m., officers were dispatched to Providence Road and I-70 for a check subject. Boone County Joint Communications advised a caller reported seeing a male looking and leaning on the guardrail over the Providence Bridge, looking like he might jump.

 

Officers arrived on scene and started to make contact with the male subject when he jumped off the bridge onto I-70 Westbound.  After the male jumped he was struck by a vehicle on I-70 Westbound. Medics arrived and pronounced the male subject dead at the scene. Officers shut down I-70 Westbound from Range Line Street to West Boulevard for three hours.

 

Officers identified the deceased as a 37–year- old male from Columbia whose family has been notified.  

Location: https://gis.gocolumbiamo.com/CityView/?find=Providence%20%40%20I-70%20Westbound

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