The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that during the recent Memorial Day weekend there were seven traffic fatalities, no boating fatalities and no drownings.
The MSHP’s Memorial Day weekend counting period ran from 6 p.m., Friday, May 24, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, May 27.
Troopers investigated the following during the period:
•Crashes: 275
•Injuries: 161
•Fatalities: 7
•DWI: 128
Boating Statistics
•Crashes: 7
•Injuries: 7
•Fatalities: 0
•Drowning: 0
•BWI: 6
Troopers investigated all seven of the traffic crash fatalities. Three fatalities occurred in the Troop C, Weldon Spring area, and one occurred in each of the following areas: Troop A, Lee’s Summit; Troop B, Macon; Troop E, Poplar Bluff; and Troop I, Rolla.
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