MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop B Headquarters - 308 Pine Crest Drive - Macon, MO 63552


NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sergeant Brent J. Bernhardt
(660) 385-2132
B10121
December 1, 2010

EMPHASIS: 2010 Troop B Area Thanksgiving Holiday Enforcement And Traffic Crash Totals


Captain James E. Wilt, commanding officer of Troop B, Macon, announces the 2010 Thanksgiving holiday traffic crash and preliminary enforcement totals for the Troop B area, which consists of the 16 northeast counties of Missouri.
During the 2010 Thanksgiving weekend traffic crash counting period, which began on Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at 6:00 p.m., and ended on Sunday, November 28, 2010, at 11:59 p.m., Troop B officers participated in Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort) and a selective traffic enforcement project on U.S. Highway 36 and U.S. Highway 63. During these operations, troopers investigated 16 traffic crashes, in which two individuals were killed and five people were injured. Preliminary enforcement totals show Troop B officers made nine arrests for driving while intoxicated, five arrests for drug violations, issued 422 summonses for speed, 85 seat belt summonses, and assisted 214 motorists. Troopers also issued 1,044 warnings.
“The Missouri State Highway Patrol takes holiday weekends very seriously,” stated Captain Wilt. “Taking the job of driving seriously, and remembering to buckle up, will help reduce the number of traffic crashes and fatalities.”


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