KAILUA-KONA — South Hilo had the highest number of DUI arrests among Hawaii Island’s districts for the second week in a row, according to the DUI arrest report released today.
KAILUA-KONA — South Hilo had the highest number of DUI arrests among Hawaii Island’s districts for the second week in a row, according to the DUI arrest report released today.
During the week of April 9 through Sunday, South Hilo had nine DUI arrests, the same as last week, April 2-8.
Overall, Hawaii Police arrested 26 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, according to the report. Seven of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident and two of the drivers were under the age of 21, according to the report.
Kona and Puna tied for the second with seven DUI arrests. South Kohala had two and Hamakua had one.
So far this year, there have been 329 DUI arrests compared with 365 during the same period last year, a decrease of 9.9 percent.
There have been 368 major accidents so far this year compared with 389 during the same period last year, a decrease of 5.4 percent.
To date, there were six fatal crashes (one of which had multiple deaths) resulting in seven fatalities, compared with seven fatal crashes, resulting in seven fatalities at the same time last year. This represents a decrease of 14.3 percent for fatal crashes.
DUI roadblocks and patrols will continue islandwide.
