The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released statistics for the following July 4 holiday counting period of 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, through 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 7, 2024.
Troopers worked 382 traffic crashes, which included 159 injuries and eight fatalities. Troopers also made 147 DWI arrests.
Three fatalities occurred in the Troop B (Macon) area, while two took place in both the Troop C (Weldon Spring) and Troop D (Springfield) areas and one happened in the Troop I (Rolla) area.
During the 2023 counting period, 15 people were killed and 646 injured in Missouri over the holiday in 1,505 traffic crashes. Last year during the counting period, troopers arrested 125 people for driving while intoxicated.
Boating statistics
Troopers worked 10 boating crashes, which included seven injuries and zero fatalities. Troopers made 11 boating while intoxicated arrests. One person drowned over the holiday weekend in the Troop D area.
The drowning occurred on Saturday, July 6, when Craig H. Olson, 60, of Shawnee, Kan., was swimming near a vessel in Stockton Lake in the first cove west of the Stockton Dam, went under the water, and did not resurface. Authorities said he was not wearing a life jacket.
MSHP releases July 4 statistics
