Increased efforts to stop drunken drivingBy Nita Birmingham (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Friday, August 15, 2008
Wade Spees Amy Caldwell, grants administration manager for the SC Department of Public Safety, said the number of people who die on state roadways in DUI-related crashes is enough to fill one new cemetery annually. Caldwell made the comment Friday morning during a press conference at Carolina Memorial Gardens Cemetery on Rivers Avenue as she announced the annual kickoff of the Sober or Slammer Labor Day campaign. About 400 people die each year in DUI-related crashes in South Carolina, a number that law enforcement hopes to reduce during an annual Labor Day drunk-driving campaign. Sober or Slammer! kicked off Friday and runs through Sept. 1. Officials made the announcement against the backdrop of Carolina Memorial Gardens, the cemetery at 7113 Rivers Ave. in North Charleston. The number of people who die in South Carolina in DUI-related crashes is enough to fill one new cemetery each year, said Amy Caldwell, grants administration manager for the SC Department of Public Safety. Read more in tomorrow's editions of The Post and Courier. |
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