The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the following 2022 July Fourth holiday statistics for the counting period of 6 p.m., Friday, July 1, through 11:59 p.m., Monday, July 4, 2022: 2022 July Fourth Holiday Traffic Statistics Troopers worked 285 traffic crashes, which included 107 injuries and all six fatalities. Troopers also made 141 DWI arrests and 82 drug arrests over the holiday weekend. 2022 July Fourth Holiday Boating Statistics Troopers worked 11 boating crashes, which included five injuries and zero fatalities. Troopers made 13 BWI arrests and 18 drug arrests. One person drowned over the holiday weekend. On July 4, 2022, Uriel P. Ramirez, 25, of Collinsville, IL, drowned after he jumped off a bluff into the Meramec River in Meramec State Park downstream of the state park's boat ramp. Missouri Baptist Sullivan Emergency Medical Services personnel pronounced Ramirez dead at the scene. Missouri Park Rangers A. Carson and E. Ferrel and the Sullivan, MO, Fire Department ass
Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) reports six traffic fatalities, no boating fatalities and one drowning over the July Fourth holiday. The MSHP counting