Officers will be out in force over Labor Day weekend
By Steve Bauer
Friday September 1, 2006
John Dixon
Illinois State Police Sgt. Rich Helfrich directs traffic past a stopped vehicle as Trooper Chris Owen and his dog, Xocko, do a walk-around of the vehicle Wednesday on the southbound exit ramp of Interstate 57 at Tuscola.
State police and other agencies will be out in force to crack down on drunken driving over the Labor Day weekend.
"Labor Day has become one of the deadliest holidays nationwide for alcohol-related fatalities," said John Pastuovic, spokesman for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Great Lakes regional office in Chicago.
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