The Kansas Highway Patrol has released preliminary data from its Independence Day holiday weekend activity. The reporting period for the 2016 holiday weekend ran from 6:00 p.m. on Friday, July 1, 2016, through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, July 4, 2016.

During that timeframe, the Patrol worked two fatal crashes, neither of which was DUI-related, one in Gove County, and one in Republic County.

Information is compared to the Independence Day holiday weekend activity from 2015. The 2015 reporting period was from 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, 2015, through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 5, 2015.