THE 83RD ANNUAL STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY ENDED SATURDAY NIGHT IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
AUTHORITIES SAY DRUG ARRESTS AND ACCIDENTS INCREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AT THE 9 DAY EVENT.
THE SOUTH DAKOTA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 155 FELONY AND 246 MISDEMEANOR DRUG ARRESTS WERE MADE.
THAT’S 54 MORE FELONY AND 98 MORE MISDEMEANOR DRUG ARRESTS THAN A YEAR AGO.
THERE WERE ALSO 120 D-U-I ARRESTS, BUT THOSE DROPPED FEOM 148 LAST YEAR.
A TOTAL OF 1479 TRAFFIC CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, 49 MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
FIVE TRAFFIC FATALITIES TOOK PLACE, UP FROM 3 IN 2022.
64 INJURY ACCIDENTS TOOK PLACE, UP FROM 50 LAST YEAR.
58 NON-INJURY ACCIDENTS OCCURRED, UP FROM 45 A YEAR AGO.
(STURGIS WEBCAM PHOTO)
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