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Monday's Storm Causes Increase in Traffic Accidents
The number of traffic collisions increased Monday, authorities said.
Monday's that dropped about a half-inch of rain also contributed to an increase in freeway accidents, authorities said.
There were 81 accidents reported on freeways in Los Angeles County between 5 and 9 a.m., compared with 47 on a dry Monday two weeks ago, said California Highway Patrol Officer Jennifer Connelly.
Last Monday's commute was not statistically comparable because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
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Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said crews responded to five times as many accidents between 5 a.m. and noon Monday in Los Angeles as compared to the previous Monday, when it was a holiday.
The agency dealt with 61 accidents Monday morning, as opposed to just 12 on the MLK holiday.
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—City News Service contributed to this report.
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