TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A wrong-way driver was stopped on Interstate 4 early Saturday after narrowly missing a serious collision with a police car and putting multiple other people in danger, Tampa police said.
Officers said they received a report just after 2:30 a.m. of a driver heading the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of I-4. They quickly found a silver Toyota Camry traveling westbound in the inside eastbound lane at around 60 mph.
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Tampa police tried to stop the driver, identified as Kristian Beall, 24, but said Beall refused to pull over. Video provided by the police department showed the fleeing driver sideswiping a marked police car and continuing to drive the wrong way on the interstate.
Officers enlisted help from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and were able to stop the Camry using a Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT) maneuver. The Camry was then boxed in by both Tampa police and FHP vehicles…