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Highway Patrol: Safest Thanksgiving holiday since 2001

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Monday, December 01, 2008

COLUMBUS — The Ohio State Highway Patrol reported Monday, Dec. 1, that 11 traffic deaths occurred on Ohio roads during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, marking the safest Thanksgiving holiday weekend on Ohio roads since 2001 when there were 10 fatalities. Thanksgiving weekend fatalities were down from 17 traffic deaths last year.

Law enforcement agencies reported 11 fatal crashes, killing 11 people, from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Monday.

The patrol arrested 501 motorists for suspected drunken driving and assisted 3,741 motorists during the holiday weekend.

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