Lang
12/23/23
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Lone Tree man they say was intoxicated when he drove the wrong way on Highway 218 south of Riverside.
Washington County dispatch records indicate just before 10:30 Friday night multiple drivers called 9-1-1 to report a subject driving northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 218 near 175th Street. 34-year-old Michael Vesely of Jayne Street was arrested and charged with Operating While Intoxicated – 2nd Offense, Driving the Wrong Way on a One-Way Street, Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle, Passing on the Right, and Driving with an Open Container of Alcohol.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates 400-500 people die in the United States each year due to wrong-way driving crashes.