8 traffic fatalities, 4 drownings in Missouri over long July Fourth weekend

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says eight people died on Missouri roads over the long Fourth of July weekend, and four people drowned on the state’s waterways. The patrol says 56-year-old James Roy of Kansas City, Missouri, drowned in Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday. Hamsa Mohamed of St. Louis drowned Saturday after jumping from a cliff into the Big River in Jefferson County. He was 41. Two others drowned on Tuesday. A 6-year-old boy died at Lake of the Ozarks. His name has not been released. In western Missouri, 22-year-old Carlos Antonio of St. Joseph drowned while swimming at Smithville Lake.