Hawaii Island police arrested 25 motorists for suspected drunken driving between March 9 and Sunday. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash and one was younger than age 21.
Puna officers arrested nine motorists while South Hilo and Kona officers arrested seven in each district, according to data released Tuesday by the Hawaii Police Department. Officers in South Kohala and North Kohala arrested one motorist in each district.
So far this year, there have been 246 DUI arrests compared with 256 during the same period last year, according to police. There have been 200 major accidents so far this year compared with 206 during the same period last year.
Six fatalities have been recorded on Hawaii Island’s public roadways through Tuesday, police said. By this time in 2019, three people had perished.