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OHP Reports Decline In Holiday Traffic Deaths

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published December 1, 2020 at 5:08 AM EST
usnews.com

The Ohio Highway Patrol says nine people were killed over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend, down from 18 last year. Two of those killed were pedestrians, four were not wearing seatbelts, and two deaths involved impaired drivers. 298 impaired drivers were arrested and 193 people were arrested for drugs. Troopers also issued 944 seatbelt and 146 distracted driver citations.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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