CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio — Editor's note: The above video was originally published with a related story on August 9, 2021.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol will hold an OVI checkpoint in Cuyahoga County on Friday night.
The checkpoint will be held from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. on Harvard Road in the city of Newburgh Heights. Authorities revealed the checkpoint's location Friday morning.
The purpose of the checkpoint is to "deter and intercept impaired drivers," OSHP told 3News in a statement announcing the planned checkpoint.
OSHP data shows that in the last year, nearly 700 people were killed in incidents related to people driving vehicles while under the influence of some sort of intoxicating substance.
"Based on provisional data, there were 637 OVI-related fatal crashes in which 685 people were killed last year in Ohio," Lieutenant Rob Gable, commander of the Cleveland Post, said.
OSHP officers make tens of thousands of arrested in an effort to stop these fatal crashes from taking lives.
"State troopers make on average 25,000 OVI arrests each year in an attempt to combat these dangerous drivers," Gable said.
"OVI checkpoints are designed to not only deter impaired driving, but to proactively remove these dangerous drivers from our roadways."
If convicted of an OVI charge in Ohio, a first-time offender may be sentenced to anywhere between three days and six months of jail time, with fines ranging from $375 to $1075, with a license suspension of one to three years, according to section 4511.19 of the Ohio Revised Code.
For a second offense, a convicted person may be sentenced to 10 days to six months of jail time, with fines ranging for, $525 to $1,1625, and a license suspension of one to seven years.
A third offense can result in 30 days to one year in jail, $850 to $2,750 in fines, and a license suspension of two to 12 years
This OVI checkpoint is being funded by federal grants.