OHP: Tulsa highways safe on New Year's

TULSA - State troopers say they have met their goal for two years in a row, with no collisions reported in the Tulsa metro area during the time of their New Year's crackdown.

"This is the outcome we were hoping for this year.  Many people were made safe by outstanding efforts of men and women working for the patrol & partners in law enforcement," highway patrol spokesman lieutenant George Brown said.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol launched their holiday enforcement operation at 7 p.m. on New Year's Eve and worked until 3 a.m. New Year's Day.

The 15 troopers assigned to the operation recorded:

• 48 speeding citations
• 14 driving under suspension citations
• 139 traffic offense warnings
• 9 arrests for DUI
• 4 arrests for drug offenses

 "This was a combined operation and everyone worked hard to ensure that, at the end of the night, citizens went home safely to be with family & loved ones, " Brown said.