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Holiday traffic toll rises with 178 dead in travel period
United Press International reports 178 traffic deaths by 3 a.m. EST during the New Year period, with totals reaching 222 across all incidents. States with most fatalities include Georgia and California at 13, followed by Pennsylvania 11 and Kansas 10. Notable losses include a Manhattan Beach boating tragedy, Nyack hotel fire, Columbia Missouri apartment fire, a Dundee Kansas double fatal crash, and a Huntsville Alabama collision.
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