VAN WERT — Ohio State Highway Patrol issued a release of an OVI checkpoint beginning tomorrow evening. The goal is to interrupt and stop impaired drivers. The Ohio State Highway Patrol will release the location of the checkpoint on Friday.
According to a recent press release, “Based on provisional data, there were 652 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 720 people were killed in last year in Ohio,” Lieutenant Tim Grigsby, commander of the Van Wert Post said in a recent press release. “State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed to not only deter impaired driving but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways.”
For more information visit www.statepatrol.ohio.gov.
