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DPS arrests wrong-way driver on Loop 202 overnight

DPS arrests wrong-way driver on Loop 202 Sunday
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The Department of Public Safety says a wrong-way driver was arrested along the Loop 202 early Sunday morning. 

The wrong-way call first got called out along the Loop 101 in Tempe. DPS says the driver, 18-year-old Jose Arce-Cota made it to the Loop 202 and Kyrene Road before troopers were able to get the vehicle to stop. 

DPS says the driver was taken into custody after stopping near Kyrene Road.

Arce-Cota has been charged with DUI as a minor and unlawful flight from law enforcement.

No injuries were reported.