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<\/p>\nDrivers across northwest Ohio can expect increased enforcement Friday night as law enforcement agencies conduct sobriety checkpoints in Lucas and Erie counties.<\/p>\n
LUCAS COUNTY, Ohio \u2014 Law enforcement agencies across northwest Ohio have announced multiple OVI checkpoints scheduled for Friday, Aug. 7.<\/p>\n
According to the Lucas County OVI Task Force, two sobriety checkpoints will be held from 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7 through 2 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8.<\/p>\n
The first checkpoint will be located in Northwood, at 2523 Woodville Road, near the Great Eastern Boulevard intersection across from Dunkin Donuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The second checkpoint, also located in Northwood, will be located 4211 Woodville Road, near the Wilson Street intersection, down the road from the I-280 entrance and exit ramps.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The checkpoints will be staffed by officers from the Lucas County OVI Task Force and are funded through a national OVI task force grant.<\/p>\n
In Erie County, OSHP announced it will also conduct an OVI checkpoint from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Liberty Avenue east of Vermilion Road, in Vermilion, Ohio.<\/p>\n
OSHP said the checkpoint is a part of its ongoing efforts to reduce crashes caused by impaired drivers.<\/p>\n
“Based on provisional data, there were 10,121 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 539 people were killed last year in Ohio,” Lt. Shaun Robinson, commander of the Sandusky Post, said in a statement. “State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in an attempt to combat dangerous drivers. OVI checkpoints are designed not only to deter impaired driving but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways.”<\/p>\n
Law enforcement agencies are reminding motorists to plan ahead if they intend to consume alcohol or other impairing substances. Officials recommend using a designated driver, rideshare service or public transportation rather than getting behind the wheel while impaired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers across northwest Ohio can expect increased enforcement Friday night as law enforcement agencies conduct sobriety checkpoints in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-261573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}