State traffic fatality count for weekend climbs to 11.Byline: The Register-Guard The official number of fatalities occurring in Oregon over the 78-hour Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend has been increased by one, the state Department of Transportation said Wednesday. In all, 11 people were killed in nine separate traffic crashes between 6 p.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Monday, making this year's holiday period the seventh deadliest since 1970. The latest known fatal traffic crash occurred Saturday at approximately 11:57 p.m. when Robert Henry
Born into a farming family at St. Clark Langler, 45, crashed his motorcycle on North Eighth Street in Lakeside in Coos County Coos County is the name of two counties in the United States:
The accident was the only fatal crash involving a motorcycle over the holiday weekend. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Oregon Fatality Analysis Reporting System Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) was created in the United States by NHTSA (the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) to provide an overall measure of highway safety, to help suggest solutions, and to help provide an objective basis to evaluate the effectiveness statistics, the deadliest Labor Day holiday was in 1978 when 17 people died during the 78-hour reporting period. This year's 11 fatalities match the total for 1997. An overview of holiday statistics is available on the Oregon State Police Web site at www.oregon.gov/OSP/NEWSRL/news/09_02_2008_post_laborday_holiday_stats.shtml. |
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