NORWALK >> Deputies plan to check drivers for sobriety and valid licenses during a checkpoint Friday night, officials said.
The checkpoint will be held from 6 p.m. Friday until midnight at an undisclosed location within Norwalk, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said in a written statement.
“Over the course of the past three years in the contract cities policed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, DUI collisions have claimed 33 lives and resulted in 898 injury crashes causing 1330 injuries,” according to the statement.
Funding for the checkpoint is being provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.