Ohio State Highway Patrol stepping up patrols over St. Patrick’s Day weekend

If you’re planning on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, the Ohio State Highway Patrol urges you to designate a sober driver before the festivities begin. The Patrol will work with local law enforcement to remove impaired drivers as part of the National Highway Safety Administration’s Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving campaign. St. Patrick’s Day is a holiday that often involves consumption of alcohol. Because of the holiday’s popularity, it has also become a dangerous night on Ohio’s roadways. In 2016, two people were killed and 32 were injured on St. Patrick’s Day due to alcohol-related crashes. In all of 2016, 423 people were killed and 8,785 were injured in alcohol-related crashes.