MSHP Reports Five Traffic Fatalities Over New Year's Holiday Weekend
Five people died and 59 were injured in 115 traffic crashes during the 2024 New Year’s holiday counting period.
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Five people died and 59 were injured in 115 traffic crashes during the 2024 New Year’s holiday counting period.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol's 2024 holiday counting period ends at 11:59 p.m., on New Year's Day.The counting period began on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, at 6
Two people died in traffic crashes during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Friday, December 22, 2023, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Monday, December 25, 2023.
Next year, the highway is going to get a lot safer. Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announced in a press release that 25 state troopers will graduate from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Among the graduates is Seymour native Trooper Chad K. Johnson.
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