Fifty people died in crashes involving drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol over the extended New Years weekend, a jump from 40 deaths reported the same time the previous year, authorities said Wednesday. No one was killed by an impaired driver in the Bay Area this year. John Fransen, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrols Golden Gate Division, attributed that success to the divisions “proactive” approach.CHP officers arrested 1,140 people statewide for driving under the influence. Of the arrests, CHPs Golden Gate Division, which oversees all nine Bay Area counties, arrested 222 drivers under the influence between 6:01 p.m. on Dec. 28 and 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 1.
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