Police to Drivers: Don't Let Labor Day Turn Deadly

State police are urging drivers to be safe on the roads this Labor Day weekend.

There will be a huge surge in traffic all over New England. AAA-Northern New England said Labor Day weekend traffic will be about 5 percent higher than last year.

"Our troopers are committed to ensuring safe travel throughout the State and will continue our efforts to reduce collisions and deaths during this upcoming weekend," State Police Col. Robert Quinn said in a statement.

During the last big travel holiday – the Fourth of July – there were fatal crashes in Exeter, Windham, and Epsom. Last year, Labor Day weekend was a hectic one for Merrimack Police who responded to multiple car accidents including a fatal accident on Baboosic Lake Road on Aug. 31, 2012, and two accidents on Sept. 1, 2012 – a bicyclist hit by an auto on Daniel Webster Highway and a woman who drifted off the road and into a crop of trees on Baboosic Lake Road.

"Saving lives on our roadways is a top priority and we need everyone’s help to do it," Quinn said. "Don't let this holiday weekend end in an arrest, or even worse, a tragic death.

"Don’t mix alcohol and drugs with driving, don’t drive distracted, and simply slow down."