Missouri State Highway Patrol Reports Three Traffic Fatalities Over Christmas

Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the Christmas holiday counting period:

Three people died in traffic crashes during the 30-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 24, 2024, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, December 25, 2024.

2024 Christmas Holiday Traffic Statistics

Troopers investigated the following:

Traffic Crashes – 65

Traffic Crash Injuries – 38

Traffic Crash Fatalities – 3

DWI – 17

[Note: Last year during the 78-hour Christmas counting period, there were 1,034 traffic crashed statewide. In those crashes, three people were killed an another 346 were injured. During the 2023 Christmas holiday, troopers investigated 124 traffic crashes which included 2 fatalities and 71 injuries. Troopers arrested 81 people for driving while impaired during the 2023 counting period.]

There were no boating crashes or drownings over the 2024 Christmas holiday counting period.

The three fatalities occurred on Tuesday, December 24, 2024. A 28-year-old female of Valley Mines, MO, died when the vehicle she was driving traveled off the left side of the road and struck a tree. She was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

Two male occupants, age four and six, also died in the crash.

Both were restrained by a safety device.

The crash occurred on Route OO, south of Route F, in St. Francois County.

The driver was pronounced at the scene by the St. Francois County Coroner.

The six-year-old male was pronounced at Parkland Health Center in Farmington.

The four-year-old male was pronounced at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

There were no traffic fatalities on Wednesday, December 25, 2024.

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