Tennessee Highway Patrol officials say preliminary figures show a decline in traffic fatalities during this year’s Fourth of July holiday period. Early estimates indicate seven people were killed in traffic crashes across the state during the 96-hour holiday, a decrease …
Virginia recorded eight fatal highway crashes over the July 4th holiday, up from the seven recorded during last year’s Independence Day. The Virginia State Police said Monday that four of the eight fatalities involved motorcycle crashes. Two of the victims …
Officials say marine patrol officers arrested eight people over the holiday weekend on a charge of boating under the influence, Keith Davis, chief of marine patrol for the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, tells The Sun Herald over the Fourth …
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says troopers will be visible over the July 4th holiday weekend to help keep motorists and others safe. Col. Ricky Adams says troopers will be conducting DUI and saturation patrols and looking for violations such as …
Several northern Kentucky cities are or are considering cracking down on temporary fireworks stands that pop up on roadsides as the July 4th holiday nears. Within the past month, city councils in Edgewood and Elsmere banned the sale of fireworks …
Summer is supposed to be a time of celebration for teens and their families with prom, graduation and college on the horizon. Unfortunately, new analysis of crash data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that July 4 …