Crime & Safety
Wrong-Way Driver Arrested in Clearwater
Police say he was going south in the northbound lanes of U.S. 19.
A 28-year-old Bellair Bluffs man was arrested in Clearwater Sunday morning when police say he was spotted going the wrong way on U.S. 19.
The incident unfolded around 2 a.m. near the Sunset Point Road intersection, Clearwater Police officials said on their Facebook page.
“Officer Nugent was able to get him pulled over before one of those horrific wrong-way crashes could occur,” the department wrote on the page.
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Nicholas Keeble was charged with DUI. He was later released from the Pinellas County Jail on his own recognizance.
There have been a number of fatal wrong-way crashes in recent weeks on Bay area roads. A Monday morning crash on Interstate 75 claimed the life of a woman.
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Photo Credit: Nicholas Keeble/Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
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