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Fatal holiday wrecks reported in KS, MO

By Brian Hagen

12/28/2018

Kansas Highway Patrol

(KAIR)--One fatal crash, during the Christmas weekend, on a Kansas highway.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol’s Christmas Weekend Holiday Activity Report, the wreck happened in Kingman County, and was not alcohol-related.

The reporting period ran from 6:00 Friday evening, December 21 through 11:59 Christmas night.

During that time, troopers made 10 DUI arrests, issued 1,000 speeding citations, issued 104 adult safety belt citations, and issued 31 child restrain citations.

All of those numbers were up when compared to the same reporting period in both 2016 and 2017.

In Missouri, nine people died in traffic crashes during the 2018 Christmas holiday weekend, according to the State Highway patrol.

In 2017, there were seven traffic deaths.

Kansas City, Kansas resident Edward Gault died in Livingston County, on Missouri Highway 90, west of Chillicothe, Christmas Eve.

The Missouri reporting period ran from 6:00 Friday evening, December 21 through 11:59 Christmas night.

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