Fourteen motorists were arrested for driving under the influence of an intoxicant from Nov. 15-21.
Three of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under the age of 21.
So far this year, there have been 962 DUI arrests compared with 884 during the same period last year. This is an increase of 8.8%. There have been 716 major accidents so far this year compared with 691 during the same period last year, an increase of 3.6%.
To date, there were 25 fatal crashes, resulting in 25 fatalities, compared with 14 fatal crashes, resulting in 14 fatalities for the same time last year. This represents an increase of 78.6% for fatal crashes and 78.6% for fatalities.
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