THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL HANDLED A BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

ACCORDING TO HIGHWAY PATROL SPOKESMAN TONY DUNN, THE UNOFFICIAL REPORT
SHOWS THAT OFFICERS HANDED OUT FOUR-THOUSAND-AND-82 CITATIONS BETWEEN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR SUNDAY'S
TOTAL.

*136 ACCIDENTS: 5 ALCOHOL RELATED, 2 FATALITIES

*50 DUI'S

*2 DRUG ARRESTS

*9 FELONY ARRESTS

*STATE TOTAL: 4,082 CITATIONS]


HIGHWAY PATROL HAD 136 ACCIDENTS -- FIVE OF WHICH WERE ALCOHOL RELATED.
TWO ACCIDENTS WERE FATAL.

TROOPERS HANDED OUT 50 D-U-I- CITATIONS, MADE TWO DRUG ARRESTS AND NINE
FELONY ARRESTS. OTHER CITATION WERE GIVEN FOR HAZARD AND NON-HAZARD
OFFENCES SUCH AS SPEEDING, SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS, LICENCES PLATES AND CHILD
RESTRAINT VIOLATIONS.