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STURGIS, S.D. (AP) Figures from the South Dakota Highway Patrol indicate drug and drunken driving arrests are down so far at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. But the total number of citations is up over last year.

There were 101 drunken driving arrests as of Monday, compared with 107 at the same point of the 2007 rally. And the patrol reported 95 misdemeanor and felony drug arrests, compared to 113 at the same point last year.

But there were 611 total citations, compared to 471 last year.

Twenty-six injury accidents and two fatalities were listed.

The figures cover the Sturgis, Rapid City, southern Black Hills and Badlands areas.

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