Sobriety checkpoint slated on McCord

5/19/2011

Lucas County sheriff’s deputies will set up a sobriety checkpoint Friday to combat drunken driving during the weekend, authorities said.

The checkpoint will be from 9 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Saturday in the 1000 block of South McCord Road, said Deputy Mark Woodruff, coordinator of the Lucas County DUI Task Force.

The checkpoint is paid by a federal grant, according to Deputy Woodruff.