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Officials with the Michigan Department of Transportation release new numbers on road incidents and are encouraging drivers to be more vigilant this morning after data shows, despite a pandemic there\u2019s still an increase this year in fatalities when compared to last year.<\/p>\n

Officials say, 19 people have died on roadways across the state since last week making a total of 966 for the year, and when compared to last year at this time, there are 59 more fatalities in 2020.<\/p>\n

In addition, 117 more Michiganders were seriously injured pushing the statewide total to more than 5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials with the Michigan Department of Transportation release new numbers on road incidents and are encouraging drivers to…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nDespite COVID-19 pandemic, road fatalities on higher pace over past year - Lansing Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/peoriamag.com\/?p=3192\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Despite COVID-19 pandemic, road fatalities on higher pace over past year - 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