FEWER PEOPLE DIED IN ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES IN NEW MEXICO LAST YEAR. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THERE WERE 108 DWI DEATHS IN 2018…COMPARED TO 147 THE YEAR BEFORE. THAT’S GOOD NEWS…BUT LINDA ATKINSON WITH ALBUQUERQUE’S DWI RESOURCE CENTER SAYS THAT DOESN’T MEAN THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED. THE STATE NEEDS TO DO MORE AND DO IT BETTER TO PREVENT DRUNK DRIVING.
THE DATA COMPILED BY THE STATE D-O-T AND UNM SHOW, OVERALL, NEW MEXICO HAD 385 TRAFFIC DEATHS LAST YEAR…UP SLIGHTLY FROM 2017. AND THERE WAS ALSO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS WHO DIED.
