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By Stew Kernan

The O-P-P says distracted driving has been a factor in 12 of the 51 fatal collisions they’ve investigated so far this year.

They issued the statistics as the force gets set to kick off its annual crackdown on distracted driving tomorrow…just in time for the expected increase in traffic for the March Break.

Sudbury O-P-P constable Don Bissonette says the numbers continue to climb.

Provincial police say distracted driving is expected to surpass impaired driving as a factor in fatal crashes on roads they patrol for the seventh straight year.