Tag: driving under the influence

A 23-year-old Hollister man died in a single-vehicle accident early Friday morning, and the California Highway Patrol arrested the 19-year-old driver on suspicion of driving under the influence.

Police departments and law enforcement agencies in Santa Clara County reported a final tally of 482 arrests on suspicion of drunken driving during the winter holiday crackdown.

While Gilroy residents celebrated the holiday weekend popping Champagne and toasting to their New Year's resolutions, local law enforcement officers chased down suspects and responded to a bevy of crimes they hope will be aberrations as 2012 rolls forward.

More than 240 drivers who got behind the wheel after consuming a little too much holiday cheer ended up behind bars recently, as an annual holiday driving under the influence crackdown rolls from Christmas into New Year’s Day in Santa Clara County.

Police will be out in force for the next three weeks, looking for drunken drivers. Beginning last Friday and running through Jan. 2, law enforcement officers will conduct DUI checkpoints and institute saturation patrols, looking to take impaired drivers off the road, according to a press release from the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department.

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