MSHP’s counting period for Memorial Day weekend begins

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s counting period for the Memorial Day holiday weekend began at 6 p.m. Friday.

The period runs through 11:59 p.m. Monday.

“Every available trooper will be on the road or on the water, enforcing Missouri laws and assisting those in need. Troopers on the roadways will focus their attention on hazardous moving violations, speed violations, and impaired drivers. The Patrol will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. (Crash Awareness Reduction Effort) during Memorial Day weekend,” a press release from MSHP says.

The release says during last year’s holiday weekend, there were 868 crashes around the state that injured 356 people and killed four. There were 81 people arrested for driving while intoxicated.

MSHP also recorded three boating crashes during last year’s counting period.

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