{"id":51488,"date":"2025-12-03T22:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/51488\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:16:09","slug":"pennsylvania-state-police-release-statistics-on-crashes-dui-arrests-over-thanksgiving-holiday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/51488\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania State Police release statistics on crashes, DUI arrests over Thanksgiving Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pennsylvania State Police have released this year\u2019s statistics on crashes and DUI arrests that happened over the Thanksgiving holiday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The report covers incidents that happened from Nov. 26-30. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In total, there were 1,183 vehicle crashes. Six deaths were reported from those crashes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/emergency-crews-respond-2-serious-crashes-washington-county-drivers-urged-avoid-i-70-i-79\/HDOUVDIZHNFUDCAUO52EUOBWIA\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/emergency-crews-respond-2-serious-crashes-washington-county-drivers-urged-avoid-i-70-i-79\/HDOUVDIZHNFUDCAUO52EUOBWIA\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; 1 dead, 2 in critical condition after crash on I-79 in Washington County<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pedestrian-dies-after-being-hit-by-vehicle-while-walking-along-mercer-county-roadway\/26KARHVDCZGGVBWDAPPWTTC264\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/pedestrian-dies-after-being-hit-by-vehicle-while-walking-along-mercer-county-roadway\/26KARHVDCZGGVBWDAPPWTTC264\/\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; Pedestrian dies after being hit by vehicle while walking along Mercer County roadway<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Troopers said 61 of those crashes included some sort of impaired driving. None of those DUI crashes were deadly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In total, 458 people were arrested in Pennsylvania for DUI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Citations were given to over 8,000 people. 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