Pennsylvania State Police at Bethlehem announced Wednesday that a DUI checkpoint will be set up somewhere in Lehigh or Northampton counties this weekend.
Police said in a news release that the checkpoint will be held sometime between Jan. 16 and Jan. 18.
“The goal of a sobriety checkpoint is to reduce the number of alcohol and drug-related fatal and serious crashes, and to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers on Pennsylvania’s highways,” the news release said.
There were 460 fatalities as a result of alcohol-related crashes on Pennsylvania roads in 2012, including 408 that involved someone with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent or higher, according to statistics published on the website AlcoholAlert.com.
