During the week of June 6 through June 12, 2022, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 18 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. One of the drivers was involved in a traffic accident and one of the other drivers was under the age of 21.
So far in 2022, there have been 479 DUI arrests compared with 542 during the same period in 2021, a decrease of 11.6 percent.
There have been 339 major accidents thus far in 2022 compared with 350 during the same period last year, a decrease of 3.1 percent.
To date, there were 14 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 5/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 16 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one of which was reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 11 fatal crashes, resulting in 11 fatalities for the same time last year, an increase of 27.3 percent for fatal crashes, and 45.5 percent for fatalities.
Central Pacific Bank Foundation Donates $10,000 to Hope Services Hawaiʻi
Hope Services Hawaiʻi recently received $10,000 from the Central Pacific Bank Foundation. The Hawaiʻi Island-based homeless…
