Wrong Way Driver Too Drunk To Walk A Straight Line

 

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 01-16-2025 | 11:30 PM
LOCATION: NB I-17 Near Bell Road
AREA/CITY: Phoenix
DETAILS:

AZ DPS troopers were notified of a wrong-way driver in a Green Camaro traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of I-17 near Thunderbird Road around 11:30 PM Thursday night.

Camera operators with the Highway Patrol Traffic Operations Center quickly spotted the vehicle on ADOT cameras and observed the vehicle swerve to avoid a head-on collision before colliding with a concrete barrier.

The Camaro then self-corrected and began driving northbound in the northbound lanes.

Troopers, Phoenix Police patrol units and the Phoenix Police Air Unit responded to intercept the driver.

A short time later, the Phoenix Police Air Unit located the Camaro stopped off left near the HOV lane just north of Bell Road on I-17.

Phoenix Police patrol units and troopers arrived moments later and blocked in the vehicle.

The driver was quickly detained.

Troopers administered a series of field sobriety tests to the driver.

The driver was observed struggling to walk a straight line during one of the tests.

The driver was taken into custody following the sobriety tests.

Impairment is suspected but cannot be confirmed until further tests have been completed.

HANDLING AGENCIES: AZ DPS

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