Sweetwater County Tops State in DUI Deaths

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — Sweetwater County had the highest number of fatal crashes involving alcohol in 2012, followed by Campbell County.

A report from the Wyoming Association of Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police says there were six fatal drunken-driving crashes in Sweetwater County last year. The Associated Press reports that six people died and 12 people were injured.

In Campbell County, five people died in five alcohol-related crashes and four others were injured.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation says there were 971 DUI crashes statewide in 2012. Forty-one of those claimed lives.

About a third of last year's crashes happened on Christmas and New Year's.