Drunk driver arrested after going wrong way on I-75 with young kids in vehicle

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.

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