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Hawaii Island police arrested 19 motorists for suspected drunken driving between March 12 and Sunday. Two of those drivers were involved in traffic crashes.
So far this year, there have been 233 DUI arrests compared with 274 during the same period last year, a decrease of 15 percent, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
Kona officers arrested seven drivers, Puna officers five and South Hilo officers three. Officers in South Kohala arrested two motorists while their counterparts in the Hamakua and Ka‘u arrested one driver in each district.
Through Monday, there have been seven deaths on Big Island public roads compared with five fatalities at this time last last year, an increase of 40 percent.