Police arrest 22 for suspected DUI

KAILUA-KONA — Hawaii Island police arrested 22 motorists for suspected drunken driving between July 15 and Sunday. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash and one was younger than age 21.

Kona officers arrested 11 drivers while South Hilo officers arrested six and Puna officers five, according to data released Tuesday by the Hawaii Police Department.

So far this year, there have been 626 DUI arrests compared with 638 during the same period last year, according to police. There have been 523 major accidents so far this year compared with 704 during the same period last year.

Fourteen fatalities had been recorded on Hawaii Island’s public roadways through Tuesday morning, police said. By this time in 2018, 20 people had perished.