The Ohio State Highway Patrol has announced that they will be holding an OVI Checkpoint in Ross County Saturday evening
The OVI checkpoint, funded by federal grant funds, is planned to deter and intercept impaired drivers.
The exact location of the checkpoint will be announced Saturday morning.
Based on provisional data, there were 375 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 406 people were killed last year in Ohio," Lt. John Moore, commander of the Chillicothe post, said. "State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers.