State Troopers urge drivers to buckle up after rise in fatality crashes

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said they're seeing a 15% increase in fatality crashes.

A missouri highway near st.

Joseph has state troopers urging every missouri driver to buckle up before hitting the roads.

They say the simple, yet life saving act is one of the best defenses against the rise in fatality accidents they're seeing across the state.

Kq2's ron johnson has more now from the scene of that accident.

<<ron johnson reportingjust north of this intersection along hwy 169 four people tragically lost their lives in a vehicle accident friday morning.

The missouri state highway patrol says wearing a seatbelt likely would have saved them, and they want this to serve as a reminder of how important it is to buckle up!

The crash killed kimberly walker, dawn sharry and twila and and darlene obanion, four females ranging in age from 45 to 81 the highway patrol says an suv carrying five people left the roadway and struck a culvert causing it to flip several times ejecting the four passengers that didn't survive.

This comes as troopers report an increase in fatality wrecks across the state.sotnow because of those disappointing numbers the highway patrol says they will be enforcing the seatbelt use as well as the proper use of child safety seats.and by the way the fifth occupant in that vehicle was a two-year-old child who was able to survive because they were in that proper childcare seat.in andrew county ron johnson kq2 news.>> <<friday we had a warm start to the day with above average high temperatures for northeast kansas and northwest northeast kansas average high day with above <<friday we had a news.>>johnson kq2 county ron seat.were in that because they able to survive because they proper childcare seat.in andrew county ron johnson kq2