Tulsa checkpoint planned for Saturday

Ponca City Now - January 20, 2016 11:14 am

TULSA — The State of Oklahoma has identified impaired driving as one of its top traffic safety concerns. On average, there are 4,500 alcohol-related crashes and 220 alcohol-related fatalities annually.

Officials are developing statewide goals that represent verifiable improvements with impaired driving and incorporate all facets of the impaired driving system.

As part of a statewide enforcement effort, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Tulsa Police, and Able Commission will be operating a ENDUI special enforcement/Checkpoint patrol on Saturday Jan. 23, from 10 p.m. until
3 a.m. in the 1300 block of Cincinnati in Tulsa County.

 

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