Special Coverage
Inside Operation Thunder
Posted: 1:34 PM Feb 16, 2013
Reporter: Kara Apel
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- On Feb. 14, 2013, the Richmond County Sheriff's Office and the Governor's Office of Highway Safety launched a 90-day campaign to combat traffic fatalities.
Officers are targeting drivers under the influence, proper child restraints and seat belts, just to name a few, with a goal of reducing highway deaths and dangerous drivers in Augusta.
Deputies say Richmond County has seen a 131 percent increase in traffic fatalities within the past two years -- 19 fatalities in 2010, 35 in 2011 and 44 in 2012.
Checkpoints will be held throughout the three-month campaign, with alternating locations and schedules.
Here's a list of where the checkpoints have been held and how many citations were issued:
Feb. 14, 2013: 140 citations
- 3400 block of Milledgeville Road
- Old Savannah Road at Molly Pond Road
Feb. 15, 2013: 112 citations
- Windsor Spring Road at Crosscreek Road
- Calhoun Expressway at Eve Street
- Skinner Mill Road at Dorchester Drive
Friday, March 1, 2013: 135 citations
- Highway 56
- Walton Way Extension at Pleasant Home Road
- Alexander Drive at River Watch Parkway
- Deputy-involved accident occurs at the Belair Road exit while crews are setting up for the checkpoint
Saturday, March 2, 2013: See map for statistics
- Old Waynesboro Road at Brown Road
- Tobacco Road
- Gordon Highway at Holloway Drive
Saturday, March 9, 2013: No checkpoints, but law enforcement made stops.
- Seat belt cases: 16
- Child restraint: 1
- DUI: 4
- Reckless driving: 1
- Uninsuired motorists: 2
- Suspended/revoked license: 4
- Speeding: 29
- Other violations: 14
- All warnings: 52
- Total UTC's/Warnings: 100
- Total arrests: 2
Sunday, March 10, 2013: See map for statistics
- Kissingbower Road
- Skinner Mill Road
- Boykin Road
Monday, March 11, 2013: See map for statistics
- Highway 56
- I-520
- Eve Street at Greene Street
Friday, March 15, 2013: See map for statistics
- 3000 block of Damascus Road
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Click here to read News 12's stories on Operation Thunder:
- Speeders beware: RCSO stepping up road patrols
- Officers give out 140 traffic citations during first night of Operation Thunder
- 2nd night of Operation Thunder nets 28 DUI citations
- Officer-involved accident caused by following too closely
- Deputy who crashed during Operation Thunder wasn't wearing seat belt
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