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Monday, November 27, 2017

Thanksgiving weekend had more accidents, tickets issued

State Police handed out more tickets and investigated more accidents this Thanksgiving weekend than last year. The final stats from the long weekend enforcement included 1,010 speeding tickets - 114 than last year. Another 2,599 tickets were given for other hazardous violations including unsafe lane changes, following too closely, using a cell phone and failing to signal. The weekend also saw an increase in the number of accidents and one more fatality than during the 2016 Thanksgiving holiday weekend. In all 524 accidents were investigated, 70 with injuries. That’s 132 more accidents that the previous holiday weekend.

from News http://www.ctpost.com/policereports/article/Thanksgiving-weekend-had-more-accidents-ticket-12385902.php

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