The Louisiana Highway Safety commission says traffic deaths are 720 people were killed in crashs in 2010. This is a 12.6 percent drop from last year. Lt. Col. John LeBlanc, executive director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission says that this is also 273 traffic deaths less than the record high of 993 in 2007. This is the third year in a row that the deaths have dropped.

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