DOVER, Del.- The Delaware Office of Highway Safety is partnering with the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and local law enforcement agencies to get drunk drivers off the roads over Labor Day weekend.
The high-visibility national enforcement campaign "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" started Aug. 14 and will run through Sept. 2.
During Labor Day weekend, Delaware State Police and local and county police departments will be coordinating DUI checkpoints in all three counties on Saturday, Aug. 31 into the morning of Sunday, Sept. 1 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The checkpoints will be located on US-40 in Newark, US-13 in Camden and DE-24 in Millsboro, according to the Delaware Office of Highway Safety.
The agency said so far in 2019, there have been four confirmed DUI fatalities in the state. However, that number is not final, as there are crashes still under investigation. Additionally this year, there have reportedly been more than 600 DUI-related crashes and more than 300 DUI-related injuries.
