State Police Investigated 1,268 Crashes Over Holiday Weekend

By Alison Smith:

Pennsylvania State Police investigated 1,268 crashes over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, police said Tuesday.

Five people were killed and 239 were injured in crashes from Nov. 26 to 30.

Also during that time, troopers:

• Cited 1,041 individuals for not wearing seat belts;
• issued citations to 251 motorists for not securing children in safety seats;
• issued 9,301 speeding citations;
• and arrested 435 motorists for driving under the influence.

Over the 2013 Thanksgiving weekend, State Police responded to 936 crashes, in which nine people were killed and 236 injured.

*These statistics cover only those crashes investigated by State Police and do not include statistics on incidents to which other law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania responded.