Christmas toll reaches 18
The final tally of deaths during the Christmas holiday was placed at 18 by the Emergency Operations Center (COE), with 197 reported injuries.
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Of the deaths, 16 were due to traffic accidents and two were from alcoholic intoxication.
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As he gave details of the first phase of Operations Christmas Dawn 2008, COE director Juan Manuel Mendez said that in comparison to last year, deaths were down by 10%, and overall accidents and injuries were down by 45%.
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In 2007 there were 20 deaths, most of them from accidents, and there were 372 injuries. Only one person died from intoxication last year.
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Speaking to reporters, Mendez highlighted the fact that during this year’s festivities, seven minors between the ages of 11 and 17 were reported to have suffered from alcoholic intoxication.
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He said that since the COE is not an enforcement agency, there are other institutions [...]
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