The Brief
- A wrong-way driver on I-75 in Troy was drunk and had two young children in his vehicle.
- The driver is facing child endangerment charges.
- He also was charged with having open intoxicants in a vehicle because a beer was found in the center console.
TROY, Mich. (FOX 2) – A drunk driver spotted going the wrong way on I-75 in Troy last weekend had two young children in the vehicle, police said.
Officers were called to I-75 near Crooks just before 11 p.m. Nov. 1 because a GMC Terrain was traveling north in the southbound lanes of the freeway. When police stopped the vehicle, they noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming from the 35-year-old Redford man who was driving.
Police said his eyes were also bloodshot and glassy, and there was an empty beer can in the center console. Two children, ages 2 and 5 were in the vehicle, along with a 35-year-old woman.…