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•v* In , observance of Drunk and fePrugged Driving Awareness Week, Spec. 13-19, the Virginia State Police j%.Ju*e conducting intensified DUI pa•wtrols and motor vehicle safety j&checks, which began Friday, Dec. During motor vehicle safety - Sjj£hecks, troopers check drivers’ lijMense and registration and obvious Sftafety equipment such as lights and ’-tires, and are alert to identifying drinking drivers. December tradition holds that nearly 2,000 people across the nation can be expected to die in motor vehi-: cle crashes involving alcohol, according to National Safety Council statistics. Last year, 87 persons . were killed On Virginia’s highways during December and 34 of that number were alcohol-related. *** According to national statistics two out of five Amercians will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some point in their lives and onethird of all people killed in alcohol-related crashes were innocent victims. With statistics like these ■■ ■' ' —..
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