OSP announces holiday traffic crackdown

The Ohio State Highway Patrol will be out in full force cracking down on impaired drivers the entire Fourth of July weekend, which begins Friday, July 1 and ends Monday, July 4. Their zero-tolerance policy is part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign aimed at removing impaired drivers from the roadways.
During last year’s Fourth of July reporting period from July 2 to July 5, a total of eight fatal crashes killed 10 people. This includes three OVI-related fatal crashes that killed three people. The Patrol recorded 699 OVI arrests during the four-day reporting period.