No deaths in the New Years counting period

(Jefferson City)–The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that no one died in a traffic crash during the 30-hour 2020 new year’s holiday counting period Last year, there were 11 fatalities during the much longer 102-hour counting period. The 2020 New Year’s counting period ran from 6 p-m this past Tuesday through 11:59 New Year’s night.
Troopers investigated 72 crashes. There were 34 injuries and 56 DWI citations.