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CT Leads Nation In Alcohol-Impaired-Driver Deaths, Federal Study Says CT Leads Nation In Alcohol-Impaired-Driver Deaths, Federal Study Says
CT Leads Nation In Alcohol-Impaired-Driver Deaths, Federal Study Says A new federal study shows that Connecticut recorded the highest rate of alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities in 2017 among all U.S. states. Of 278 fatal crashes in 2017, 43 percent involved at least one driver with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or more, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) said.  That's the highest rate of any state except for the District of Columbia which had a rate of 51 percent, and 31 total fatal crashes in 2017, the NHTSA said. And while overall deaths from crashes in the state declined from 304 in 2016 to 278 in 2017, deaths involvin…

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by Kathy Reakes