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January 2, 2008

EMPHASIS: Troop E Christmas, News Year's traffic Crash and Enforcement Totals



Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, announces the traffic crash and enforcement totals for both the Christmas and New Year’s counting periods for the Troop E area.

During the Christmas counting period, which begin at 6 p.m. Friday, December 21, and ended at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, December 25, 2007, Troop E officers investigated 34 traffic crashes which resulted in one fatality and eight injuries. Troopers also made 14 arrests for driving while intoxicated.

During the New Year’s counting period, which began at 6 p.m., Friday December 28, 2007, and ended at 11:59 p.m., on Tuesday, January 1, 2008, Troop E officers investigated 58 traffic crashes which resulted in one fatality and 17 injuries. Troopers made 21 arrests for driving while intoxicated.

On December 22, 2007, Garry G. Robinett, 57, of Bowling Green, MO, died when the vehicle he was driving ran off the roadway, and struck a tree on U.S. Highway 62, west of Charleston, MO, in Mississippi County. Robinett was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

On December 30, 2007, Tommie L. Maxwell, 62, of Howardville, MO, died when the vehicle in which he was a passenger struck a ditch and overturned. Maxwell was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was wearing a seat belt and was not injured. The crash occurred in New Madrid County on Missouri Route M south of Marston, MO.


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