drunk driving

The DUIs were among 270 traffic stops, and law enforcement also wrote 35 speeding tickets and made a total of 33 arrests, including two for controlled substances.

The three day celebration of the Super Bowl, which typically starts Friday, is statistically one of the biggest drinking days in the United States

Partners include the Wyoming Medical Center Injury Prevention Traffic Safety program and WYDOT.

They intend to reduce fatal crashes through enforcement of impaired driving and seatbelt laws, and a media campaign emphasizing a zero-tolerance stance.

According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, 10,497 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes in 2016.

Adams was arrested Sept. 27 after a citizen called police to report a drunk driver in the area of First and Center Streets.

It was a county-wide, multi-agency traffic enforcement operation -- the second of six planned for Natrona County this year.

In Wyoming, drivers are considered alcohol-impaired if they have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher.

Casper Police Sgt. Mike Ogden encourages people to be vigilant when they're driving, especially today and when people return home on Sunday.

Drunk driving deaths and accidents increase around the holiday.

Officials say, "Just think of all the tragedies that were prevented by those folks getting home safely."

Assistant District Attorney Dan Itzen said the incident in August 2013 sent the boy to a Denver hospital where he was in a coma for five days and had extensive surgery.