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Missouri Highway Patrol
Coverage of Missouri Highway Patrol in the Nexus archive.
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- More than 200 people at summer camp airlifted to safety as Missouri faces flooding
Over 200 people were airlifted to safety from Camp Taum Sauk in Missouri after heavy rainfall caused flooding and a building collapse. The Missouri Highway Patrol reported that the Army National Guard used Black Hawk helicopters to evacuate children and staff to a nearby elementary school.
- Plane crash kills 12 people in one of the deadliest US skydiving incidents in decades
A plane crash moments after takeoff in Missouri killed a pilot and 11 skydiving passengers, marking the deadliest US skydiving incident in decades. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash, which occurred at Butler Memorial Airport and is the deadliest in Missouri since 2004.