Mississippi Trooper Issue 1,000 Citations Over Thanksgiving
Posted on Nov 29, 2009 3:32pm PST
During the first two days of Thanksgiving weekend, Mississippi troopers report that they issued well over 1,000 traffic citations throughout the state.
997 citations were issued as of midnight on Thursday. However, troopers say that there have not been any fatal accidents this Thanksgiving.
Around this time of the year, DUI arrests are quite common. This holiday week, Mississippi troopers say that they made 16 driving under the influence arrests.
The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol said that the Thanksgiving period started for troopers on Wednesday at 6 PM and will continue until Sunday at midnight.
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