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FHP trooper stops wrong-way driver on I-275 in Tampa
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A Florida Highway Patrol trooper in Tampa had to intercept a wrong-way driver on Interstate 275 with his own vehicle early Sunday morning.According to her arrest report, Margot McDaniels was driving a Kia Sportage northbound in the southbound lanes of I-275 around 3:50 a.m. Sunday, when an FHP trooper observed her driving toward him. The trooper attempted to hit the Kia on the rear driver’s side, but the vehicle did not stop after the collision.The trooper then activated his patrol vehicle’s lights and sirens and attempted a PIT maneuver (precision immobilization technique) on the Kia as it continued driving in the wrong direction. The arrest report alleges that McDaniels then attempted to reverse her car following the PIT maneuver and continue driving but the trooper was able to block the Kia with his patrol car.The trooper said he ordered McDaniels out of the vehicle and observed her to have slow, slurred speech and that her breath smelled of alcohol. McDaniels told the trooper that she was a bartender and had been charged with a DUI a few weeks before Sunday’s arrest.McDaniels is facing charges of possession of a controlled substance, fleeing to elude, DUI with property damage, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage and driving with a suspended license.
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper in Tampa had to intercept a wrong-way driver on Interstate 275 with his own vehicle early Sunday morning.
According to her arrest report, Margot McDaniels was driving a Kia Sportage northbound in the southbound lanes of I-275 around 3:50 a.m. Sunday, when an FHP trooper observed her driving toward him. The trooper attempted to hit the Kia on the rear driver’s side, but the vehicle did not stop after the collision.
The trooper then activated his patrol vehicle’s lights and sirens and attempted a PIT maneuver (precision immobilization technique) on the Kia as it continued driving in the wrong direction. The arrest report alleges that McDaniels then attempted to reverse her car following the PIT maneuver and continue driving but the trooper was able to block the Kia with his patrol car.
The trooper said he ordered McDaniels out of the vehicle and observed her to have slow, slurred speech and that her breath smelled of alcohol. McDaniels told the trooper that she was a bartender and had been charged with a DUI a few weeks before Sunday’s arrest.
McDaniels is facing charges of possession of a controlled substance, fleeing to elude, DUI with property damage, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage and driving with a suspended license.
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