Half of all driving fatalities on Halloween in 2021 were due to drunk driving

Columbus, Ohio — It’s Halloween weekend. So trick or treat, candy, costumes and parties might come to mind. But what about drunk driving? Halloween is actually one of the worst holidays for drunk drivers.

Laura Krua lost her son in 2010, three weeks into her senior year of high school.

“A piece of metal from the wreckage cut my son’s seat belt and threw him out the back window, where he broke his neck and died,” she said.

Cruea is pleading with those celebrating Halloween this weekend not to drive under the influence.

Doug Scoles, regional director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, said there were 93 drunk driving deaths on Halloween alone last year. It accounted for about half of all holiday driving deaths.

“Though traditionally we think of New Year’s Eve and Fourth of July when we think of DUI-dangerous holidays, Halloween actually has now grown to be one of the most dangerous holidays in the country,” he said. rice field.

Cruea says the danger isn’t worth the risk.

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“I know that sometime this weekend someone will knock on their door and that phone call will change their lives forever. I hate it,” she said.

Instead of driving drunk, you can choose to have a designated driver, call an Uber or Lyft, or just stay and sleep.

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