Labor day Accident Report
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
State Police say nine people died on
Arkansas state highways during the Labor Day weekend. The deaths
occurred in seven accidents between six a-m Friday and the end of
Monday.
State Police investigated 202 accidents in the 90-hour period,
six of which were considered alcohol-related. The Highway Patrol
Division reported 31-hundred-87 total arrests statewide, nearly
half of which were for speeding.
There were also 107 arrests for driving while intoxicated, six
for driving under the influence and 337 for failure to buckle
safety belts. Comparable figures of state-investigated accidents
from last year`s Labor Day weekend were not available today.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
