Seven people died in traffic crashes during the 2021 Labor Day holiday weekend. The MSHP investigated 351 crashes, resulting in 103 injuries. Troopers made 108 DWI arrests and 71 drug arrests.
On the waterways, there were 7 crashes and four injuries. There was one fatality and six BWI arrests.
There were no fatalities in SE Missouri. Three of the fatal traffic crashes occurred in the Troop C, Weldon Spring area; two fatal traffic crashes occurred in the Troop I, Rolla area; and one traffic crash fatality occurred in both Troop A, Lee’s Summit, area, and the Troop F, Jefferson City area. The boating fatality occurred in the Troop D, Springfield, MO, area.