PHOENIX — Two wrong-way drivers were arrested for driving under the influence in separate incidents Monday morning.
The first wrong-way driver was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Loop 101 near Bell Road around 2:40 a.m.
Troopers driving northbound saw the wrong-way driver in a Toyota Tundra. The trooper reportedly had to take evasive action to avoid the wrong-way driver.
ADOT workers at the Traffic Operations Center kept tabs on the driver's location until a traffic stop was made after the driver made it to westbound Northern Avenue from the Loop 101. At that time, the driver, 24-year-old James Christian Cheney, was arrested for driving under the influence.
Fortunately, no injuries or crashes occurred during the incident.
The second incident happened just before 3 a.m. along State Route 85 in Buckeye Valley.
The driver was spotted driving northbound in the southbound lanes of SR-85 south of Interstate 10.
A Buckeye Valley Fire Department ambulance driver was able to stop the driver and report the incident to other officials.
The driver, 28-year-old Randal Allen Doak, was arrested for aggravated DUI.
No injuries or crashes were reported with the second wrong-way incident.
