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DWI arrests in Santa Fe shine spotlight for all New Mexico drivers

Santa Fe, New Mexico – September 16, 2010
Within hours, the Santa Fe Police Department arrested two men for driving while intoxicated, shining the spotlight on an issue that puts all New Mexico drivers in peril.
Police said 33-year-old Santa Fe resident Matthew J. Royal was taken into custody around 11 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of New Mexico 599 and New Mexico 14, on suspicion of DWI.
Roughly 90 minutes later, at 12:20 a.m., 30-year-old Daniel D. McVay of Phoenix was stopped on Agua Fria and arrested on suspicion of DWI and possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to the New Mexico Traffic Safety Bureau, Santa Fe County ranked fourth among the 33 counties in the state for DWI arrests in 2008 with 1,310. Bernalillo County ranked first with 7,065, followed by San Juan (2,020) and Dona Ana (1,743).
Alcohol and drugs were a factor in 128 traffic accidents in 2008, 148 of them fatal, according to the New Mexico Traffic Safety Bureau.
Drivers who drink or use drugs before getting behind the wheel not only risk their own freedom, but they endanger the health and safety of their fellow New Mexicans, who are more likely to suffer injury and death through their reckless behavior.

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