Patrol OVI checkpoint in Meigs County Saturday, April 29

GALLIPOLIS, Ohio – The Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today that an OVI checkpoint will be held in Meigs County tomorrow evening.

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

“Based on provisional data, there were 392 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 430 people were killed last year in Ohio,” Lieutenant Barry L. Call, commander of the Gallipolis Post, said. “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. ”

The location of the checkpoint will be announced Saturday morning.