Georgia officials warn of a hazardous Memorial Day weekend with 219 DUI arrests and nine fatal crashes so far.
ATLANTA — Georgia law enforcement officials are reporting a dangerous start to the Memorial Day weekend, with speeding, impaired driving, and fatal crashes already raising concerns statewide.
Authorities say one of the most alarming incidents involved a driver clocked at 172 mph in Douglas County. A sheriff’s deputy stopped the driver of a Dodge Durango traveling at that speed, which officials noted allows a vehicle to cover roughly the length of a football field in about a second,
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