Updated at 7:34 a.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2007
36 arrested on Big Island for DUI
Advertiser Staff
Big Island police arrested 36 motorists for drunk driving from Nov. 7 to Nov. 19, raising the number of DUI arrests on the island to 1,206 in 2007 compared to 1,103 at the same time last year.Eleven of the drivers arrested last week were involved in a traffic crash. Seven were under the age of 21.
Police said there have been 1,865 major accidents on the Big Island so far this year compared with 2,182 during the same period last year, a decrease of 15 percent.
DUI roadblocks and patrols continue islandwide.
