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Article: PA State Police Report Drop in Labor Day Driving Period Crashes, Deaths.
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- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- September 26, 2009
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Nine people were killed in crashes investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police during the Labor Day driving period, a drop of seven fatalities compared to the same period last year, Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski said.
"We saw a significant decrease not only in the number of persons killed in crashes during this year's holiday driving period, but also a decline in the total number of crashes and resulting injuries," Pawlowski said. "At the same time, troopers made more arrests for driving under the influence and issued more speeding citations compared to a year ago."
In addition to the nine fatalities, 285 people were injured in the 654 crashes to ...