SOME POSITIVE NEWS CONCERNING THE EFFORT TO CURB D-W-I DEATHS IN NEW MEXICO. AT THIS POINT IN 2017, THERE WERE 57 DWI-RELATED FATALITIES. AS OF RIGHT NOW IN 2018, THAT NUMBER IS DOWN TO 30, REPRESENTING A DROP OF 47 PERCENT.
NOW STATE POLICE SAY, WITH CINCO DE MAYO THIS WEEKEND, THEY’LL BE CONDUCTING INCREASED SATURATION PATROLS AND DWI CHECKPOINTS. OVERALL IN 2017, 146 PEOPLE IN NEW MEXICO LOST THEIR LIVES IN DWI CRASHES, 16 PERCENT LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
