BUCYRUS―The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today that an OVI checkpoint will be held in Crawford County tomorrow evening.

The low-manpower OVI checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers.

“Based on provisional data, there were 1,642 OVI-related serious injury and fatal crashes in 2022 in Ohio,” Lieutenant Ty Skaggs, commander of the Bucyrus Post said. “State Troopers made over 15,000 OVI arrests last 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.”

The location of the checkpoint will be announced Saturday morning.