Nine dead in Missouri highway crashes over holiday weekend
Matthew Sanders
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Monday that nine people died in highway crashes over the holiday weekend, though none of those crashes were in Mid-Missouri.
The patrol counted 235 traffic crashes with 113 injuries between 6 p.m. Thursday and the end of Sunday.
Troopers arrested 125 people for driving while intoxicated, the release states.
Three people drowned over the weekend, including a 25-year-old Kansas City man at the Lake of the Ozarks. Three boat crashes were reported and nine people were arrested for boating while intoxicated.
This year’s nine traffic deaths are equal to the number reported in 2025.