COLUMBUS – COLUMBUS – The Ohio State Highway Patrol is reporting 22 people lost their lives over the four-day July Fourth weekend, 29 percent more than over the same weekend last year.
The patrol says there were 21 traffic crashes during the weekend reporting period, which began July 2 and ended July 5, compared with 16 fatal crashes in 2019, which claimed 17 lives during last year’s Fourth of July reporting period from July 3 to July 7,
Impairment was determined to be a factor in at least five of this year’s fatal crashes. The Patrol responded to 631 crashes, made 425 arrests for impaired driving and 280 for drug-related charges.
Troopers made more than 22,494 traffic contacts in total, which included providing assistance to more than 2,900 motorists, the patrol reported.
The patrol says there were 21 traffic crashes during the weekend reporting period, which began July 2 and ended July 5, compared with 16 fatal crashes in 2019, which claimed 17 lives during last year’s Fourth of July reporting period from July 3 to July 7,
Impairment was determined to be a factor in at least five of this year’s fatal crashes. The Patrol responded to 631 crashes, made 425 arrests for impaired driving and 280 for drug-related charges.
Troopers made more than 22,494 traffic contacts in total, which included providing assistance to more than 2,900 motorists, the patrol reported.