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New MHP report show distracted driving accounts for dozens of traffic deaths

MONTANA – Fifty-eight deaths on Montana’s roadways in 2021 were partly due to distracted driving, according to a recently released report from the Montana Highway Patrol. Over sixty five hundred injury crashes in 2021 were also partly due to distracted driving. The report also shows, 63 patrol vehicles were involved in crashes in 2021, and a significant number of those involved distracted driving. There have been 43 deaths on Montana’s roadways so far in 2022, and MHP reminds people to wear their seatbelts and focus on the road.
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