Long holiday weekend brings no fatalities in Troop G

Texas County and Troop G of the Missouri State Highway Patrol escaped the long holiday weekend without a single fatality.

There were only four persons who lost their lives on state highways, compared to 11 in 2018, the patrol said. 

The counting period ran from 6 p.m. Friday until midnight Monday. 

Officers investigated 309 crashes that left 107 injured. The patrol made 116 arrests for DWI and handled 95 drug arrests, it said. 

Troop G of the patrol includes Texas County and eight other counties in south-central Missouri.