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MHP reported four fatalities during 2020 Christmas enforcement period

MHP issued almost 6,000 citations and made 130 DUI arrests during its Christmas enforcement period, which ended Sunday.

Posted: Dec 28, 2020 9:41 AM

Updated: Dec 28, 2020 1:03 PM

Posted By: Zac Carlisle

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - State troopers investigated 38 injuries and four deaths on Mississippi highways during the Christmas holiday enforcement period.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) began its enforcement period on Wednesday, Dec. 23 and it concluded Sunday.

During this period, MHP used all available troopers to remove impaired drivers from highways.

During this year’s Christmas period, MHP issued 5,898 citations and made 130 DUI arrests.

Troopers investigated 201 crashes, which included 38 injuries and four deaths.

The four fatalities occurred in Newton, Hancock (two deaths) and Clarke counties.

During the 2019 Christmas enforcement period, MHP investigated three fatalities.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 293542

Reported Deaths: 6638

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	19560	229
Hinds	18674	385
Harrison	16512	276
Rankin	12595	262
Jackson	12451	217
Lee	9663	160
Madison	9400	195
Jones	7891	145
Forrest	7140	136
Lauderdale	6784	225
Lowndes	6008	137
Lamar	5844	80
Lafayette	5707	113
Washington	5159	128
Bolivar	4594	120
Oktibbeha	4399	91
Panola	4268	92
Pearl River	4116	128
Warren	4114	113
Pontotoc	4073	68
Marshall	3994	92
Monroe	3980	126
Union	3928	73
Neshoba	3767	166
Lincoln	3464	100
Hancock	3399	73
Leflore	3358	118
Sunflower	3171	85
Tate	3008	74
Pike	2983	93
Scott	2925	67
Alcorn	2903	60
Itawamba	2888	71
Yazoo	2838	62
Tippah	2756	65
Copiah	2745	57
Coahoma	2727	66
Simpson	2717	78
Prentiss	2686	58
Leake	2517	70
Wayne	2513	40
Marion	2507	78
Covington	2478	78
Grenada	2458	76
Adams	2332	77
George	2306	45
Newton	2247	51
Winston	2202	75
Jasper	2118	44
Tishomingo	2117	65
Attala	2062	69
Chickasaw	2006	50
Holmes	1816	70
Clay	1781	49
Stone	1714	29
Tallahatchie	1698	39
Clarke	1686	71
Calhoun	1564	28
Smith	1518	31
Yalobusha	1429	36
Greene	1268	33
Walthall	1235	40
Noxubee	1227	29
Perry	1214	34
Montgomery	1212	37
Lawrence	1193	21
Carroll	1176	23
Amite	1108	32
Webster	1099	29
Jefferson Davis	1005	31
Tunica	986	23
Claiborne	977	29
Benton	931	24
Humphreys	916	26
Kemper	895	22
Quitman	770	14
Franklin	755	19
Choctaw	695	16
Wilkinson	622	26
Jefferson	614	27
Sharkey	488	17
Issaquena	167	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 491110

Reported Deaths: 9831

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	70629	1356
Mobile	35894	721
Madison	32255	442
Tuscaloosa	23996	409
Montgomery	22462	494
Shelby	21820	215
Baldwin	19670	274
Lee	14900	150
Morgan	13599	249
Calhoun	13175	285
Etowah	13143	319
Marshall	11226	206
Houston	10048	259
Elmore	9337	183
Limestone	9335	134
Cullman	8869	179
St. Clair	8783	220
Lauderdale	8581	210
DeKalb	8429	174
Talladega	7481	163
Walker	6504	251
Jackson	6477	102
Autauga	6203	89
Blount	6086	125
Colbert	5978	118
Coffee	5230	102
Dale	4621	106
Russell	4018	31
Franklin	3978	76
Covington	3956	106
Chilton	3842	98
Escambia	3771	72
Tallapoosa	3572	141
Clarke	3429	49
Dallas	3397	141
Chambers	3392	108
Pike	2930	71
Lawrence	2813	84
Marion	2808	94
Winston	2461	66
Bibb	2442	60
Geneva	2386	70
Marengo	2333	54
Pickens	2239	54
Barbour	2099	51
Hale	2088	68
Fayette	1997	56
Butler	1951	65
Henry	1820	41
Cherokee	1764	38
Monroe	1659	38
Randolph	1631	40
Washington	1566	34
Crenshaw	1435	54
Clay	1433	54
Macon	1409	43
Cleburne	1368	39
Lamar	1317	32
Lowndes	1306	48
Wilcox	1208	25
Bullock	1163	36
Conecuh	1065	23
Perry	1053	27
Sumter	984	31
Coosa	878	23
Greene	870	32
Choctaw	548	23
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0