One person was taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash Saturday night on Business Loop 70 East near Bowling Street in Columbia.
Police were called to the crash around 7:36 p.m. First responders found a vehicle overturned near the Paris Road bridge and worked to remove a person from the car.
The crash briefly closed the roadway as Columbia police and firefighters responded.
The extent of the person’s injuries is not known at this time.
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