Holiday Travel Deaths

Two deaths in Muskingum County count towards the total number of deaths reported this Thanksgiving Holiday travel season. 

The State Patrol said the 19 deaths during the five day travel period that extended the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to Sunday night are the most in recent years. 

Of those killed 7 weren’t wearing safety belts, five were killed in OVI related crashes and four were pedestrians. 

Last year 17 people were killed on roadways across Ohio. 

This year the patrol also arrested over 440 drivers for OVI and cited over 650 for aggressive driving and cited over 1300 for not wearing safety belts.