Posted December 27, 2024 01:16pm
(KAIR)--Kansas Highway Patrol troopers issued more than 200 speeding tickets and arrested seven people in connection with driving under the influence during the Christmas holiday, according to a release.
One person was killed in a non-DUI crash over the holiday, which ran from 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 25.
That lone fatality crash happened in Doniphan County, leaving 22-year-old Troy resident Katlyn Folsom dead.
The KHP stated that the number of people killed in crashes during the just-completed Christmas holiday period was down three from the four reported over the same travel period in 2023 and down one from the two people reported to have been killed in 2022.
In Missouri, the State Highway Patrol reports there were three traffic fatalities over the Christmas holiday.
According to MSHP, three people died in traffic crashes between 6:00 p.m. on December 24 and 11:59 p.m. on December 25.
Troopers investigated 65 traffic crashes that resulted in 38 injuries and the three fatalities.
Troopers also made 17 DWI arrests.
Last year during the 78-hour Christmas counting period, MSHP reported 1,034 traffic crashes that resulted in 346 people injured and three deaths.