The Connecticut State Police are supplementing the normal patrol force with additional State Troopers throughout this Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. The increased patrols began at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, 11/22/2017, and will conclude at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday 11/26/2017. Troopers are patrolling the roads and highways across Connecticut focusing on drunken driving violations and aggressive drivers. These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on 11/22/17 to 11/24/17 8:00 a.m. SPEEDING violations: 311 SEATBELT violations: 5 OTHER HAZARDOUS violations: 696 (to include unsafe lane change, following too closely, cell phone usage, texting, failure to signal, etc.) DUI arrests: 22 ACCIDENTS investigated: 235 w/injury: 33 fatality: 1 (11/22 Killingly) These 2016 State Police stats cover the time period starting…
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