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No serious traffic accidents on long weekend

Enforcement by the South Okanagan Traffic Safety unit and the Integrated Road Safety Unit in Keremeos and Princeton members over the May long weekend from Manning Park to Osoyoos and Summerland elicited the following charges:

- 322 speeding charges

- one excessive speed charge with vehicle impoundment

- five seat belt charges

- two intersection charges

- one commercial vehicle charge

- two following too close charges

- 14 driver’s license charges

- nine other charges

-  two motorcycle related charges

- 66 warnings for various offenses

- three drug seizures

Overall a high number of violators caught over the weekend, with no serious injuries or fatal collisions.