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Posted: 10/25/2017
Police at Parkland offer tips for remaining safe
Halloween can be terrifying with streets full of zombies, headless horsemen and spooky encounters. But what’s more frightening is that fatal crashes involving a drunk driver occur three times more often on Halloween than on New Year’s Eve.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) statistics show that over the Halloween nights from 2009 to 2013, 43 percent of all motor vehicle deaths involved drunk driving, and in 2013, the last year statistics are available, 26 percent of all pedestrian fatalities on Halloween night involved a drunk driver.
Additionally, these numbers are likely to be higher when the holiday falls on the weekend. This year, the ghoulish day falls on a Tuesday – a school night.
Remembering that it is a school night might be just the trick needed to keep ghosts and goblins safe, according to the Dallas County Hospital District (DCHD) Police Department.
“Lights should be out by 9 p.m. not only for safety reasons, but it will encourage kids to start heading home,” said Sgt. Robert Johnson, DCHD Crime Prevention Coordinator. “Safety should be a top priority for everyone.”
Sgt. Johnson said drivers should practice “school zone” safety in neighborhoods as trick or treaters go in search of Halloween goodies. Excited youngsters could easily dart between parked vehicles; therefore it’s important to keep car speed to 20 miles per hour or less when driving through neighborhoods.
“You should also consider rolling your windows down,” Sgt. Johnson said. “Often you will hear something before you see it. Listen for kids who are playing or those who might be in distress. And look for something that might not ‘seem’ right. If you see something, say something.”
That includes calling 911 and reporting a vehicle that is dangerously weaving in and out of traffic, speeding or where you suspect the driver may be impaired. “With so many people on the streets during those peak Halloween hours, your phone call may save a life,” he said.
Sgt. Johnson also cautioned that parents or adults should examine goodies before they are consumed. If you or a loved one consumes an item you have concerns about, the staff of the North Texas Poison Center (NTPC), housed at Parkland, is ready to answer any poison-related questions on its toll-free hotline at 1-800-222-1222.
Last year poison information specialists received 4,591 calls between Oct. 27 and Nov. 2. Of those, 3,377 were calls involving exposures to various substances and 1,161 were for information. In 2016, the NTPC received 72,074 calls. The staff assessed, triaged and monitored more than 52,268 poisoned patients of which 68 percent were managed at home.
For more information about services at Parkland, please visit www.parklandhospital.com