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CCSO: No wrecks seen over holiday
Published Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Covington County escaped the Memorial Day weekend without any major traffic accidents — or many minor ones either, local law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Statewide, at least 11 people died in traffic accidents on state roads over the three-day holiday weekend, the Alabama Department of Public Safety reported.
More than 420 traffic accidents were investigated statewide during the 72-hour travel period that ended midnight Monday, with fatalities reported in Pickens, Cullman, Baldwin, Morgan, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, Blount and Etowah counties.
In 2008, three people died in accidents on Alabama roads over the Memorial Day weekend.
“We were lucky this year,” Chief Deputy David Anderson said. “The Sheriff’s Office didn’t respond to any traffic accidents to my knowledge, thank goodness.”
Andalusia Chief Wilbur Williams said “all was quiet” in Andalusia during the holiday weekend, but local departments said residents should be reminded about the ongoing traffic enforcement initiative.
“Click-It-Or-Ticket is not over,” Williams said. “Officers are still on the roadways doing selective traffic enforcement looking for impaired drivers and speeders.”
Additionally, other departments, as well as the APD, are focusing on seat belt and child safety restraint violations.
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Posted by outlaw11 (anonymous) on May 28, 2009 at 8:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
This is the 1st time that I can remember in a long time that this has taken place...kudos to the law and to the drivers...I feel that part of this is due to the fact that the amount of "stops, DUIs, and drug busts" in the River Falls area over the last many years has sent a word north and south that if 'you' decide to travel thru our part of the world, then do it with respect or we have a "LOW-TEL 6" FOR YOUR ASS. And the locals have learned to buy it, go somewhere, lock-up your keys, enjoy it, sober-up, go home. Good lesson...hope it proves out with the graduation classes.
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