Encouraging Numbers From The Highway

State officials say this Thanksgiving holiday travel season was the safest since 1991. During the five-day reporting period, from Wednesday until Sunday, six people were killed in separate accidents. In 2015 and 2016 there were nine fatalities. During the period, troopers arrested 502 drivers for operating a vehicle while impaired, made 257 drug arrests and issued 1,538 safety belt violations.