Illinois State Police troopers arrested one person for driving under the influence of alcohol and issued 34 total citations and warnings during an enforcement period over the weekend in Vermilion County.
ISP District 10 Commander Louis Kink says officers were stationed at the intersection of Georgetown Road and Ross Lane in Tilton from Saturday night into Sunday morning this past weekend.
One person was arrested for DUI as part of the patrol effort and two other citations were issued for drug or alcohol use. There were 17 citations and 17 written warnings issued in total.
Alcohol and drug impairment is a factor in more than 30 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois, and throughout the U.S., nearly 10,000 people die each year due to alcohol-impaired driving. RSCs are designed to keep our roads safe by taking dangerous DUI offenders off the road. This project was funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.
