Hawaii Island police arrested 23 motorists for suspected drunken driving between June 18 and Sunday. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash.
Kona officers arrested 11 drivers while officers in South Hilo arrested eight and Puna officers three, according to data released Wednesday by the Hawaii Police Department. South Kohala officers arrested one motorist.
So far this year, there have been 390 DUI arrests compared with 524 during the same period last year, according to police. There have been 366 major accidents so far this year compared with 417 during the same period last year.
Nine fatalities have been recorded on Hawaii Island’s public roadways through Wednesday afternoon, police said. By this time in 2019, 10 people had perished.