Posts Tagged ‘I-255’
Wrong way driver stopped on I-255
Shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, an Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network broadcast alerted law enforcement agencies of a wrong-way elderly driver traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-255…
Read MoreI-255 crash near Dupo
Traffic was tied up following a crash involving a semi tractor-trailer and a water truck on I-255 northbound in a construction zone between Columbia and Dupo about 9:30 a.m. Monday.…
Read MoreNighttime pavement repairs on I-255
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Interstate 255 from Route 157 in Cahokia to the Jefferson Barracks Bridge in Monroe County will be restricted to one lane in each…
Read MorePossible bridge jumper report unfounded
The Columbia Fire Department and Columbia police assisted emergency personnel from Missouri in attempting to locate a possible jumper from the Jefferson Barracks Bridge on I-255 into the Mississippi River…
Read MoreBody pulled from river identified
Officials have identified the body of a deceased male recovered from the Mississippi River in rural Columbia early Wednesday morning as that of a Peru, Illinois man who jumped from…
Read MoreReport of downed power lines
At 2:25 p.m. Wednesday, Columbia Fire Department personnel responded along I-255 for calls of power lines down in Columbia near fields. They did not find any downed power lines.
Read MoreSearch for J.B. Bridge jumper
The Columbia Fire Department assisted the Mehlville (Mo.) Fire Department and St. Louis County Police Department in attempting to locate a confirmed jumper off I-255 at the Jefferson Barracks Bridge…
Read MoreSearch for woman seen wandering near I-255
A Columbia Fire Department drone was dispatched just after 1 p.m. Tuesday to assist police in a search for a barefoot woman reported wandering in the area of I-255 and…
Read MoreMissouri man apprehended following pursuit
A man wanted for attempted burglary in Missouri led officers on a pursuit Wednesday night across the Jefferson Barracks Bridge on I-255 into Monroe County and south on Route 3…
Read MoreI-255 road work begins Monday
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that I-255 from Route 3 in Dupo to the Jefferson Barracks Bridge will be restricted to two lanes each direction beginning Monday, Aug. 13,…
Read MoreVehicle fire call on I-255
The Columbia Fire Department was paged before 4:50 p.m. Friday to the report of a white pickup truck possibly on fire on southbound I-255 at milepost 7.5 near Columbia. A…
Read MoreSuccessful search for subject near J.B. Bridge
Multiple police, fire and emergency agencies searched for a male subject in the wooded area along the Mississippi River in the vicinity of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge off I-255 in…
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