Crime & Safety
Fourth of July DUI Campaign Leads to 78 Orange County Arrests
The California Highway Patrol has also reported two fatalities during the holiday period.
Seventy-eight drivers had been arrested on suspicion of DUI on Orange County highways and unincorporated roads through 6 a.m. Sunday over a long Fourth of July weekend.
The California Highway Patrol also reported two traffic fatalities. The arrest and fatality counts span a period from 6:01 p.m. Wednesday through 6 a.m. Sunday, an extended holiday weekend in 2013.
Last year, in a shortened Fourth of July period, the CHP reported just 28 arrests and no fatalities.
Statewide, there have been more than 1,400 arrests and 29 fatalities since Wednesday.
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