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Over 500 arrested during DUI checkpoints

By Vivian Muniz,

2024-09-04

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report over 500 DUI arrests were made during the Labor Day weekend.

Pennsylvania State Police released the results of its annual Labor Day Weekend enforcement.

From August 30 to September 2, PSP investigated 580 crashes that resulted in 170 injuries and six deaths. Impaired driving was a factor in 65 of those crashes, three of which were fatal.

Troopers arrested 514 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and issued 24,865 citations, including:

7,069 for speeding
889 for failing to wear a seatbelt
121 for not securing children in safety seats

Below you can find a table comparing last year’s PSP Memorial weekend enforcement to this year:

Labor Day Weekend Crash Statistics :

Year	Total Crashes	Fatal Crashes	People Killed	People Injured	DUI Crashes	DUI-Related Fatal Crashes
2024 (4 days)	580	5	6	170	65	3
2023 (4 days)	671	8	10	220	61	2

Pennsylvania State Police

Labor Day Weekend Enforcement Statistics:

Year	DUI Arrests	Speeding Citations	Child Seat Citations	Seat Belt Citations	Other Citations
2024 (4 days)	514	7,069	121	889	16,786
2023 (4 days)	514	9,110	233	864	17,339

Pennsylvania State Police

More information on 2024 Labor Day enforcement, broken down by troop, is available on the Pennsylvania State Police site .

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BETTY BOOP

09-04

People are so stupid... shame on the parents for not putting kids in seatbelts. Would you let your kids get on a rollercoaster with no seat belt? 🎢 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

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