State police make 58 DUII arrests over Super Bowl weekend
Press release courtesy Oregon State Police
Preliminary statistics indicate between 12:01 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 6, and 6 a.m., Monday, Feb. 8, OSP troopers arrested 58 DUII drivers. During last year's Super Bowl weekend, OSP troopers reported 50 DUII arrests during the same time period. The OSP Springfield Area Command office noted the highest number with 14 DUII arrests, followed by Salem Area Command office (8), and Portland and Tualatin Area offices (7 each). Information from ODOT's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) is not yet available, however OSP troopers did not cover any fatality crashes during this time period. The only fatality crash reported by OSP occurred just outside this time frame late Friday evening. A female pedestrian was struck and killed on Highway 34 near Seven Mile Lane. Last year two people died in 2 separate fatal traffic crashes. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Super Bowl Sunday has become one of the nation's most dangerous days on the roadways due to impaired driving. NHTSA statistics show nationally on Super Bowl Sunday (12:01 a.m., Sunday, to 5:59 a.m., Monday) 48 percent of the fatalities occurred in crashes where a driver or motorcycle rider had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of .08 percent or higher. |
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February 8, 2012
- Coos Bay / North Bend, Oregon
