Associated Press
Despite a pandemic-induced shutdown keeping many people at home, Nevada has seen more road deaths when compared with recent years.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the Nevada Department of Public Safety estimates there have been roughly 305 fatalities on state roads so far this year. In 2019, the agency counted 304 deaths.
Agency spokesman Andrew Bennett says the trend is especially concerning when the 2019 figure was a decrease from 2018’s 324 deaths.
According to Bennett, many of the deaths were attributed to speed, impairment or not wearing a seat belt. He says it’s especially “disheartening” when you consider how much less traveling people were doing in the last several months.
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