Sonora, CA…Our maximum enforcement period (MEP) for Thanksgiving 2017 was from 6 pm on November 22 to 11:59 pm on November 26. In CHP jurisdiction, there were 50 people killed in 41 traffic collisions. Additionally, 26 others were killed in incorporated cities. Last year, during the Thanksgiving MEP, 31 people were killed in 27 traffic collisions in CHP jurisdiction and 24 additional people were killed in traffic collisions within incorporated cities. Of the 50 people killed in CHP jurisdiction, 4 were pedestrians and the rest were traveling in vehicles. Out of the 46 vehicle occupants, 27 were without seatbelts. Statewide, CHP made 1057 arrests for DUI, up from 902 DUI arrests made last year.

Here in Sonora we had one traffic collision that claimed the life of two occupants, the driver was without a seatbelt. Sonora area CHP officers issued 112 citations and made 5 DUI arrests.