SAN DIEGO DUI attorney news

There was one person was killed on San Diego County highways during the first 36 hours of the Christmas holiday weekend, the California Highway Patrol said.

During the same period last year, there was also one fatality reported in the county, the CHP said.

Statewide, there were 13 fatalities in the first day and a hald of the holiday period this year, down from last year's total of 20.

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In San Diego County, CHP officers this year made accounted for 76 arrests for SAN DIEGO DUI drunk driving -- the same amount as last year.

Statewide this year, there were 973 DUI arrests by state officers, in comparison to 953 last year.

Although the fatality totals are for all police jurisdictions in California, the CHP's drunk driving totals do not include those arrested by various city police departments or county sheriff's offices across the state.