FHP to increase patrols for drunk drivers in SWFL

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NAPLES, Fla. Families throughout Southwest Florida are preparing to celebrate Mother’s Day and the start of summer.

However, the Florida Highway Patrol is concerned about the potential increase of drunk drivers after two suspected DUI crashes were reported in Collier County within the last 24 hours.

The first occurred Thursday around 7:45 p.m. Deayn Christie Paul was hospitalized after she slammed her Mercedes into another car on Airport Pulling Road south of Pelican Marsh Boulevard, Collier deputies said.

She was arrested after failing all the sobriety tests.

The second crash took place Friday morning around 2 a.m. when a suspected drunk driver crashed into a guard rail near Immokalee Road and Lakeland Avenue after leaving Rusty’s Raw Bar and Grill in Naples, witnesses said.

“Troopers will be working around the clock and over the upcoming Mother’s Day and Memorial Holiday weekend for those drivers that choose to be impaired or aggressive,” the FHP said in a statement.

If you see an impaired driver, call *FHP (*347) to immediately contact a trooper in your area.

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