Friday is Halloween, and a D.C. emergency room physician said several factors could make this year’s holiday particularly dangerous.

“It’s Friday night, it’s cold and wet, nobody has school or work the next day, so everybody’s going to stay out a little later,” said Dr. Miriam Fischer , senior attending physician for emergency medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in D.C.

Emergency room doctors are always concerned about drunken driving, especially on Halloween.

“Children are twice as likely to be hit by a vehicle and killed on Halloween,” Fischer said. “And almost half of the fatal accidents on Halloween involve drunk driving.”

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