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DUI numbers decrease on Fourth of July weekend compared to last year
There were 211 arrests and bookings for impaired driving statewide during the Fourth of July weekend.
In the State Patrol's District #3, which includes the Tri-Cities, the numbers are slightly lower than those arrested for impaired driving during the same period last year which totaled 234.
Kyle Moore with the State Patrol says there has been a spike in the number of drug-impaired drivers. He says last year there were 203 fatal collisions by drug positive drivers compared to 178 in 2014.
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