FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Over 5,000 Central Valley drivers were given tickets during Memorial Day weekend.
CHP Central Division says they issued 5,009 citations, including 183 DUI arrests, 397 seatbelt violations, and 3,048 speeding violations.
Despite averting thousands of potential reckless drivers, officers say there were still three fatal crashes over the holiday period.
Fresno CHP: 42 DUI arrests so far this weekend
They say two involved unrestrained occupants. One of which happened on Memorial Day itself, when a 28-year-old Waterford man died after crashing his Toyota pickup into a telephone pole east of McEwen Road…