State patrol sets up OVI checkpoint

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is setting up an OVI checkpoint tonight (8-18-23) on East Wooster Street near South College Drive.

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

“Based on provisional data, there have been 1,079 OVI related fatal crashes since 2021, until today’s date” Lieutenant Jordan Schwochow, commander of the Bowling Green Post said. “State troopers make an average of 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.”