Traffic deaths already exceed total of a year ago
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - With the busy holiday traveling season still ahead, Wisconsin has already suffered more traffic crash deaths than a year ago.
The state Department of Transportation reported 717 people have died on state roads as of Monday morning - five more than for all of 2006 and 33 more than a year ago at this time.
Still, the agency says the deaths are far below the five-year average of 760 traffic fatalities for December 17th.
Dennis Hughes, the DOT's chief of safety programs, says the numbers are up this year in part because last year had a rare trend - far fewer crashes with more than one fatality. He says the trend is more normal this year.
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