Arrests for suspected drunk driving over the Memorial Day weekend were up from last year in San Diego County, the California Highway Patrol reported at the conclusion of its three-day holiday enforcement period.
CHP officers arrested 72 people for drunk driving violations in the county from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday.
That compared with 53 arrests during the same enforcement period last year.
Statewide, the CHP arrested 941 people for suspected DUI violations over the holiday weekend, up from 818 in 2017.
There were 28 traffic fatalities reported by law enforcement agencies across the state during the period — up from 23 last year.
One of the fatalities occurred when a woman crashed her car into a pole in San Diego’s Oak Park neighborhood around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
— City News Service
