Wrong-way driver stopped at Interstate 17 off-ramp in Phoenix
Dec 18, 2019, 6:03 AM | Updated: 8:50 am
PHOENIX – A wrong-way driver was stopped at a Phoenix freeway ramp early Wednesday morning, authorities said, before anyone was hurt.
A duty officer for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said in an email that the driver had gotten onto the Interstate 17 off-ramp at Indian School Road around 3 a.m.
The driver was taken into custody on suspicion of impairment.
No other details were immediately available.
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