Accidents killed 6 over weekend of Easter in Pa.

HARRISBURG -- Six people were killed and 206 others were injured in 484 crashes investigated by Pennsylvania State Police during the three-day Easter holiday driving period, state police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller said today.
During last year's Easter driving period, which covered April 18 through April 20, 2003, seven people were killed and 261 were injured in 543 crashes investigated by state police.
Miller said alcohol played a role in 55 of this year's crashes, including three of the fatal ones. The official three-day Easter driving period covered Friday, April 9, through Sunday, April 11.
During that period, state police issued 2,791 speeding citations, charged 172 people with driving under the influence, cited 105 for not wearing seat belts, and cited 14 for not securing children in safety seats.
Miller said the numbers cover only those crashes investigated by state police and do not include statistics on any to which other law-enforcement agencies responded.