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Suspected wrong-way drunk driver arrested after falling asleep on I-75: FHP

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Published  February 15, 2025 12:32pm EST
Tampa
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • A suspected wrong-way drunk driver was arrested after falling asleep on I-75, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
    • Troopers were notified that a Chevy sport utility vehicle was heading southbound in the northbound lanes of I-75 just south of SR-56.
    • 32-year-old Alex Jose Nunez was transported to the Hillsborough County Jail with a BAC of 0.190.

TAMPA - A suspected drunk driver from Miami was arrested in Tampa after he was found passed out in his car in the median of I-75 early Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A suspected wrong-way drunk driver was arrested after falling asleep on I-75, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers were notified that a Chevy sport utility vehicle was heading southbound in the northbound lanes of I-75 just south of SR-56.

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What they're saying:

When troopers responded, they said they boxed in 32-year-old Alex Jose Nunez, and woke him up before arresting him.

Courtesy: Florida Highway Patrol.

Nunez was transported to the Hillsborough County Jail with a BAC of 0.190.

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The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Florida Highway Patrol.

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