MHP Increasing Patrol for July 4th

By: The Associated Press

Posted: Tue 2:08 PM, Jul 03, 2012

The Mississippi Highway Patrol will have an additional 80 state troopers on the roads during the short July 4 holiday.

The holiday period begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday and ends at midnight Wednesday.

Col. Donnell Berry, head of the patrol, says a $30,000 federal grant will pay for the extra troopers.

Berry says last year, one person died on roads and highways patrolled by state troopers.

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