DUI crackdown highlighted by tragic local crashes
Robinson pressed a strict DUI policy citing a head on collision on Chester Highway where two high school girls were injured and a drunken operator died. He warned many DUI arrests involve drug impairment, noting a March 1989 Route 322 crash left a 6 year old girl paralyzed. He urged enforcement while dismissing publication embarrassment as negligible against lives ruined by alcohol and drug impaired driving.
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Granite Run
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Oliver Lane
Supreme Court
Upper Chi Tops in nabbing DUIs in 1989 report
Upper Chichester police led Delaware County with 194 DUI arrests in 1989 per the Uniform Crime Report. The county’s DUI totals show city Chester with 142, Upper Darby 188, Haverford 154, and many townships and boroughs with varying counts. Among 194 arrests, 137 occurred 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., 55 between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m., 149 non accident related, 45 during traffic investigations, and 38 refusals for testing. Fifty-six arrestees were residents of Upper Chichester, with 166 men and 28 women.
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Delaware County
Upper Darby
Haverford
Media Station
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Radnor
Upper Providence
Ridley Township
Springfield
Tinicum
Lower Chichester
Newtown
Chester
Bethel
Darby Township
Brookhaven
Marcus Hook
Media
Lansdowne
Darby Borough
Clifton Heights
Eddystone
Yeadon
Norwood and
Ridley Park
Morton
Millbourne
Swarthmore
Colwyn
Parkside
Upland
Conchester Highway
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Delco
U.S. Supreme Court
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Meetinghouse Road
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Aston
Linwood