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POLICE CAMPAIGN TO
MAKE A DANGEROUS
STRETCH OF HIGHWAY -
SAFER.
THE PINPOINT NEWS
TRACKER SHOWS YOU
THE AREA...
WHERE 195 INTERSECTS
WITH ROUTE TWENTY-
FOUR.
INVESTIGATORS SAY
THEIR RECENT EFFORTS
TO CRACK DOWN DOWN
ON DRUNK DRIVERS HERE
- HAS WORKED.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER STEVE
NIELSEN HAS THE DETAILS
- LIVE - WITH THE MOBILE
NEWSROOM.
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ITS BEEN TEN WEEKS
SINCE STATE POLICE FIRST
SAID THEY WERE
CRACKING DOWN TO MAKE
ROUTE 24 SAFER...
NOW THEY TELL US THE
GOAL HAS BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED.
IT WAS JULY ON ROUTE 24...
MASSACHUSETTES STATE
POLICE HAD ENOUGH.
THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS
VIDEO IN WEST BRIDGEWATER
OF A WRONG WAY CRASH THAT
KILLED 2 PEOPLE.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS CRASH
AND PLENTY OF OTHERS ON
ROUTE 24 NEAR 195....
STATE POLICE LAUNCHED A 10
WEEK PLAN.... THE RESULTS
ARE IN.
our mission was to deter
aggressive impaired drivers and
i
believe we accomplished that.
MASS STATE POLICE LAUNCHED
EXTRA PATROLS... AND SAY
THEY ARRESTED 90 PEOPLE
FOR OPERATING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE IN THESE 10
WEEKS..
DURING THAT TIME.. THIS
DANGEROUS ROADWAY DIDN'T
HAVE A SIGNLE FATAL CAR
ACCIDENT.. OR SERIOUS
CRASH.
dispell the notion of route 24
as
being one of the states most
dangerous road ways.
THE PLAN COST MORE THAN A
HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS... BUT POLICE SAY IT
INCREASED SAFETY AS
PATROLS REVVED UP AS THE
BARS CLOSED ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY NIGHTS.
these are your heavy hitters
that
remain right to the end that
want
that last touch of their drink
and
then they dump out into our
roadways and these are the
people we want to intercept.
BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS...
POLICE SAY THEY'LL KEEP UP
THE PATROLS.
(SN)
GOING FORWARD POLICE
SAY THEY HAVE A 3 POINT
PLAN FOR EXTRA PATROLS
ON HOLIDAYS AND MOST
WEEKENDS.
LIVE WITH THE MOBILE
NEWSROOM, STEVE
NIELSEN, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.