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Posted: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 9:28 AM HST

Police arrest 36 for drunk driving

By Ken Hupp - 67AM KPUA News

Police arrested 36 motorists for drunk driving during the week ending March 17, 2013. The year to date total now stands at 277, which is down 8.3 percent from the 302 arrested at this time last year. Major accidents are off by 17.5 percent with 274 compared to 332 a year ago. But this year’s ten traffic fatalities are up 42.9 percent over the seven recorded during the same period in 2012.