Wrong-way driver nabbed in Troy; police say she was drunk

A lady from Sterling Heights not too long ago noticed Rochester Street driving on the fallacious aspect, was arrested and quoted to function whereas they’re intoxicated, officers mentioned.

In keeping with the Troy police, officers moved the 50-year-old girl shortly after 11.30 pm on August 29 after observing a Chevrolet Traverse from 2024 to the north within the southern lanes of visitors on Rochester Street close to the I-75 Off-disaster. Officers suspected her that she was drunk and managed austerity evaluations that she reportedly did badly.

A provisional breath take a look at measured its blood alcohol content material at 0.237%, the police mentioned, nearly tripled the authorized restrict.

On the Lock-up facility of the Troy Police Division, a chemical breath take a look at reportedly measured the girl’s BAC at 0.184%. She was cited for working with a BAC of 0.17% or extra.

The police haven’t but launched the identify and preliminary by the girl.

Whereas the girl’s arrest has averted a doable visitors scrench, different incidents of drunken, fallacious drivers within the Metro-Detroit space have develop into deadly lately. Below Hen-A case of Oakland County in opposition to a Romulus-Man who was convicted in June for the killing of the dad and mom of six kids in a crash on M-10 in Southfield in 2024. The driving force, Angel Melendez-Sortiz, was despatched to jail for the loss of life of Ryan and Jennifer Ambrosson.

And on the finish of final month, a Wisconsin-Man, Stefano Nabors, was convicted in Macomb County for second-degree homicide and different expenses in reference to a crash on i-696 in Roseville, which resulted within the loss of life of Steven Vannorstrand of Harper Woods in 2023.

Initially printed: September 4, 2025 at 11:36 am Edt