GOVERNOR’S HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE ANNOUNCES INCREASED ENFORCEMENT DURING HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN

Murfreesboro, Tenn. – Kendell Poole, Director of the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office, will join members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol along with neighboring law enforcement agencies in Middle Tennessee to announce the upcoming Booze It and Lose It holiday enforcement campaign. The event will take place Friday, December 18th at 10:00 a.m. at the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce.

They will be joined by Tanya Read, who lost her son, Nicolas Townsend, to a drunk driver earlier this year. Nicolas was a passenger in a vehicle traveling through Portland when it was hit by a driver under the influence. The crash took place the night prior to his high school graduation ceremony.

Law enforcement agencies across Tennessee will be out in full force beginning Friday through Sunday, January 3rd actively searching for impaired drivers in the hopes of preventing further tragedies like the one experienced by the Read family. The Governor’s Highway Safety Office reminds everyone to plan ahead for a sober ride home before taking part in holiday celebrations this season.

WHO:
Director Kendell Poole, Governor’s Highway Safety Office
Tony Burnett, Law Enforcement Liaison, Governor’s Highway Safety Office
Tanya Read, mother of victim Nicolas Townsend
Sergeant John Grinder, Tennessee Highway Patrol         

WHAT:              
Middle Tennessee Booze It and Lose It Kickoff Event

WHEN:              
Friday, December 18, 2015
10:00 a.m.        

WHERE:            
Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
3050 Medical Center Parkway
Murfreesboro, TN 37129

For more information about the Governor’s Highway Safety Office, visit www.tntrafficsafety.org.

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