Extra patrols will be on lookout for drunken drivers

Additional troopers will be patrolling highways for the sake of holiday safety.

State police and local departments will conduct 100 roadside safety checks and hundreds of "saturation patrols" in a statewide safety campaign that will continue through July 6, according to Master Sgt. Brian Ley, state police public information officer.

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