More People Die on Iowa Roadways Over Holiday

By Danielle Plogmann, Producer

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By Danielle Plogmann

Story Created: Sep 6, 2006 at 4:32 PM CST

Story Updated: Sep 6, 2006 at 5:34 PM CST

DES MOINES - Nine people died on Iowa roads over the Labor Day weekend. That's up three from last year.

But the Department of Public Safety says August as a whole had the fewest number of fatalities in five years.

Here are some other holiday traffic enforcement stats from the State Patrol: 1,632 speeding tickets, 450 seat belt tickets and 36 OWI arrests.

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