Police Arrests I-94 Wrong-Way Drunk Driver: Report

OAK CREEK, WI -- Authorities in Oak Creek say they took a drunk driver into custody on the night of July 2, after deputies in Racine County say they spotted him driving the wrong way on I-94.

According to Oak Creek police call logs, a 43-year-old Racine man was heading north on I-94 from the southbound lanes and was heading into Oak Creek just after 9 p.m. on July 2.

Police in Oak Creek reporting locating the driver and pulling him over on the 2000 block of W. Ryan Road.

According to call logs, the driver failed standard field sobriety tests. A preliminary breath test administered by the officer on-scene recorded a 0.17 blood alcohol concentration - greater than the legal limit for drunk driving in Wisconsin.

Police say the driver was cited for drunk driving, taken into custody and later released to a responsible party.