Fifteen Killed on Missouri Highways Over Holiday Weekend

There were fewer injuries but one more fatality on Missouri’s highways this Thanksgiving weekend compared to a year ago.

The Highway Patrol reports that 15 people lost their lives statewide over the weekend, with 116 injuries. That compares to 14 fatalities and 124 injuries in 2016.

Troop B at Macon reported two traffic deaths in northeast Missouri over the weekend.

A Marceline teenager died in a one car crash in Linn County Friday night.

A Keokuk teen was killed Sunday, also in a one car crash in Clark County.

There was also a fatality in Audrain County Friday night, when a Centralia woman struck the rear of a car stopped in traffic west of Mexico.