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Columbia’s I-70 near Lake of the Woods is problem area for truckers, in snowstorm

Boone County Fire Protection District assistant chief Gale Blomenkamp is urging motorists to slow down this morning, saying some truckers and other motorists have been driving 60 miles per hour in the ice and snow.

He’s also urging truckers to avoid the icy area on I-70 and Columbia’s Lake of the Woods exit, where several truck drivers are stranded on the side of the road. MoDOT crews shut the road down overnight for a time, to apply treatment.

Blomenkamp is urging truckers to find an exit and wait for daylight, before traveling again. He also says a tractor trailer has been towed from 63 and Route B, where it was stranded in the highway.

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