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The holiday season is also the drinking and driving season.
Mahoning Safe Communities and the Mahoning County Operating a Vehicle Impaired Task Force are ramping up enforcement and want to remind everyone to designate a sober driver before each holiday party or event involving alcohol.
In 2004, 26 people have been killed in accidents, and nearly half of those have been alcohol-related.
"The holiday season is supposed to be a time for family, friends and festive celebrations, but it is unfortunately also a time when we see a tragic jump in the number of alcohol-related highway fatalities each year between Thanksgiving and New Year's," said Tracy Styka, coordinator of Mahoning Safe Communities and the OVI Task Force. "That's why we are out early reminding everyone this holiday season, if you catch a buzz, catch a ride."
Nationally, more than 17,000 people died in alcohol-related highway crashes during 2003. Every 30 minutes, nearly 50 times a day, someone in America dies in an alcohol-related crash. Hundreds of thousands more are injured each year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), about three in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some point in their lives.