CLARKTOWN, Ohio — State troopers will set up a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in Scioto County Thursday evening, the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Wednesday.
The checkpoint, funded by federal grant money, is designed to deter impaired drivers and pull them off the road before they cause harm. The exact location will be announced Thursday morning.
Lt. J. Schuldt, commander of the Portsmouth Post, said the stakes are significant. “Based on provisional data, there were 540 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 1,030 people were killed last year in Ohio,” Schuldt said. “State troopers make an average of 25,000 OVI arrests each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed not only to deter impaired driving but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways.”