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
Col. Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, encourages everyone to make good decisions regarding their New Year’s celebration. No one wants to start 2024 with a traffic crash or DWI arrest. During the 2023 New Year’s period, six people were killed and 345 injured in 925 traffic crashes in Missouri.
Col. Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday weekend:
(KOAM) - Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday weekend: