1 killed in Mexico overpass crash

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman was killed when two vehicles collided head-on on a railroad overpass, the Mexico, Missouri, Department of Public Safety said Friday.

The crash on the Highway 54 bypass was called in at about 3:15 p.m., the department says in a news release. The two vehicles were still attached and on fire when first responders arrived.

First responders extinguished the fire and an ambulance took a man to University Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, the release says. A woman was killed.

No one else was in the crash, police say.

The release gave no details on which person was in which vehicle or what type of vehicles were involved.

The bypass was closed and reopened just after 5, according to the release.

On Friday, August 30, 2024, at approximately 3:15PM, the Mexico Public Safety Department responded to the US Highway 54 bypass, on the railroad overpass, in reference to a crash. Responding personnel found two vehicles that had struck each other head on and were still attached. The vehicles were on fire. The fire was extinguished and the people in the vehicles were removed.

Audrain Ambulance District transported a man to University Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. A woman was killed in the crash. There were no other people involved in the crash and the incident is still under investigation.

They bypass was closed until approximately 5:06PM

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