Traffic fatalities increased in state last year

While the official numbers won’t be finalized for a couple of months, South Dakota Highway Patrol Colonel Rick Miller said the state saw an increase in traffic fatalities last year over 2020.  

Miller said despite the rise, there is some encouraging news in the report.

Miller said they are expanding their highway safety education efforts.

The state had the lowest total in 2019 with one-hundred-two fatalities. 

 

 

 

 

 

(Thanks, WNAX)