Seventeen
people were killed and 348 others were injured in the 1,101 crashes
investigated by Pennsylvania State Police during the five-day Thanksgiving
holiday driving period, Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski announced.
Pawlowski
said 79 of the crashes to which troopers responded from Nov. 24-28 were
alcohol-related, including six crashes involving one or more fatalities. Pawlowski noted that 11 of those who
died were not wearing seat belts.
Pawlowski
said that troopers made 412 arrests for driving under the influence and issued
7,412 speeding citations during the holiday period. State police also cited 922
persons for failure to wear seat belts and issued citations to 72 drivers for
failing to restrain children properly in child safety seats.
During
last year’s Thanksgiving holiday driving period, three people were killed and
303 others were injured in 886 crashes investigated by state police.
The
crash numbers cover only those incidents investigated by state police and do
not include statistics on crashes to which other law-enforcement agencies
responded.
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