MOUNT GILEAD – The Mount Gilead Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced today that an OVI checkpoint will be held in Knox County tomorrow evening.

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

“Based  on provisional data, 720 people were killed in OVI-related crashes last  year in Ohio.” Lieutenant Holloway, commander of the Mount Gilead 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 Friday morning.