Police arrested 29 drivers for suspected drunken driving between May 21 and Sunday; four were involved in traffic accidents and four were younger than 21.
Police arrested 29 drivers for suspected drunken driving between May 21 and Sunday; four were involved in traffic accidents and four were younger than 21.
Police have made 587 suspected DUI arrests this year compared with 601 during the same period in 2011, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
South Hilo officers arrested 11 motorists, Kona officers eight and Puna officers six. South Kohala oficers arrested three motorists while Ka’u officers arrested one.
Ka‘u and South Kohala officers arrested two motorists in each district while Hamakua, North Hilo and Puna officers arrested one in each district.
There have been 593 major accidents this year compared with 560 during the same period last year.
To date, there have been 14 traffic fatalities on Big Island public roadways, compared with nine fatalities during the same period in 2011, according to police. To date, according to police, four of those fatalities were related to drugs and one to alcohol.