Police: 5 deaths in Michigan crashes during holiday weekend

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Hans Ahlström

Published July 8, 2015 at 1:55 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State Police say five people lost their lives in separate traffic crashes during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
The agency says the preliminary numbers are down from 12 deaths in 11 traffic crashes during the 2014 Fourth of July holiday weekend.
The 2015 Fourth of July holiday weekend period ran from 6 p.m. July 2 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
State police say they're trying to help cut down on traffic deaths by encouraging seat belt use and stepping up patrols to curb drunken driving.

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Hans Ahlström is the host of several programs, including the daily musical variety show Weekday, the mostly straight ahead jazz show Night Studio, the self-explanatory Blues Today, and the eclectic Sound Spectrum. You can also hear Hans as the local host of NPR's All Things Considered news magazine. He also helps manage Public Radio 90's web content, interviews local and visiting writers and artists, works with NMU student interns, and writes the occasional news story.

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