During the week of June 27, 2022 through July 03, 2022, Hawai`i Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident, while two of the drivers were under the age of 21.
So far in 2022, there have been 528 DUI arrests compared with 593 during the same period in 2021, a decrease of 11 percent.
There have been 389 major accidents thus far in 2022 compared with 394 during the same period in 2021, a decrease of 1.3 percent.
To date, there were 18 fatal crashes (one fatal crash reclassified on 5/30/22 due to a medical condition) resulting in 20 fatalities (one of which had multiple deaths, and one of which was reclassified due to a medical condition), compared with 12 fatal crashes, resulting in 12 fatalities for the same time last year. (The fatality that occurred on Monday, July 4, will be included in next week’s tally.) This represents is an increase of 50 percent for fatal crashes, and 66.7 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…
