Law enforcement officials are seeing a disturbing trend on Missouri’s roads.
Despite far fewer cars on the highways because of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, traffic fatalities in the state are up 6% from this time last year, said Sandy Karsten, director of Missouri’s Department of Public Safety.
That’s just one problem that was discussed by state officials Monday as they increasingly look beyond the immediate impact of the virus to its societal ripple effects. In addition to traffic fatalities, they discussed troubling trends in domestic violence, child abuse and mental health issues.
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