GEORGIA, USA — Georgia State Patrol is reporting over a dozen fatalities during Memorial Day weekend this year.
Over the weekend, GSP said that 16 people died in crashes. At least six of the crashes were in the metro Atlanta area.
Troopers also investigated 500 traffic crashes that led to over 200 injuries.
The Memorial Day weekend holiday travel period officially kicked off on Friday at 6 p.m. and ends Monday at 11:59 p.m.
“We want to ensure motorists make this Memorial Day weekend travel period as safe as possible," said Colonel Chris Wright, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety.
On Saturday, a 24-year-old man was killed in Acworth after a car crashed into his motorcycle.
During the weekend, Troopers conducted 22,000 traffic stops and arrested nearly 400 people for DUI.
Last year, during the holiday weekend, GSP troopers issued more than 10,200 citations and made more than 330 DUI arrests. It also investigated nearly 400 crashes that resulted in over 240 injuries and 10 fatalities.
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