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    Troopers respond to 15 deadly crashes over Labor Day weekend

    By WHIO Staff,

    2024-09-03
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    The Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to 15 deadly crashes across the state during the Labor Day reporting period.

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    OSHP had increased patrol for the holiday weekend starting Friday, Aug. 30 at midnight to Monday, Sept. 2 at 11:59 p.m.

    Six of the 15 deadly crashes were OVI-related, according to an OSHP spokesperson.

    Troopers arrested 378 people for impaired driving and 50 for drug charges during the reporting period.

    The spokesperson said seven people who died in crashes were not wearing a seatbelt. More than 2,000 seat belt and child safety seat violations were issued.

    In total, troopers responded to 519 crashes and 25,674 traffic stops.

    The total number of incidents that took place in the Miami Valley broken down by counties:

    • Montgomery: 393
    • Greene: 580
    • Clark: 479
    • Miami: 247
    • Warren: 591
    • Butler: 518
    • Champaign: 54
    • Shelby: 119
    • Preble: 123
    • Darke: 27
    • Mercer: 118
    • Auglaize: 391
    • Logan: 132

    No fatal crashes occurred in the Miami Valley.

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    Bass Tracker
    09-05
    Why people don't wear their seatbelts is beyond me. Just dumber than hell along with the no helmet laws in Ohio. There is no proof that you can see better if you are driving at the posted speed.
    Jeff Devore
    09-04
    Considering that there was a total of 519 crashes across the state during the Labor day weekend period, it is a wonder that there were not more fatal crashes than the 15 reported. That leaves 504 crashes that were non-fatal, so that is the positive thing about it. Being it is a state wide report, I wonder why all 88 counties were not listed, and only the counties in the Miami Valley were. Prayers and condolences for families who lost their loved ones in the accidents, so sorry for their losses.🙏
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