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SD Highway Patrol Prepares for Busy Holiday Weekend

SD Highway Patrol Prepares for Busy Holiday Weekend

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Triple “A” estimates about one hundred seventy thousand people in South Dakota will be on the road during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Highway Patrol Colonel Rick Miller says drivers need to stay focused on the road in front of them…..https://on.soundcloud.com/Qefqh

Miller says they will have all of their troopers on the road over the long weekend…..https://on.soundcloud.com/Sbbb5

Miller says always pay attention to the weather…..https://on.soundcloud.com/F8Jau

The forecast for the week now is for above normal temperatures and little to no precipitation.

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