STATE AND LOCAL POLICE WILL BE WORKING OVERTIME ON NEW YEAR’S EVE TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE SAFE ON ILLINOIS ROADS.

ALMOST ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN VEHICLE CRASHES IN ILLINOIS THIS YEAR…AND COPS WANT TO KEEP THAT NUMBER FROM CLIMBING ANY FURTHER SAYS STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESPERSON GIANNA URGO.

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OVER THE LAST FIVE NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAYS…AN AVERAGE OF 39 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND MORE THAN 28 HUNDRED WERE INJURED ON ILLINOIS ROADS.

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THE BEEFED UP ENFORCEMENT WILL INCLUDE ROADSIDE SAFETY CHECKS AND SEATBELT ENFORCEMENT ZONES. POLICE WILL ESPECIALLY BE LOOKING FOR DRUNK DRIVERS, SPEEDERS, DISTRACTED DRIVERS AND THOSE NOT BUCKLED UP.