A Tampa high school teacher was arrested on Sunday for driving the wrong way near I-75, troopers said.
According to reports, the Florida Highway Patrol got a call around 3:50 a.m. regarding a wrong-way driver on State Road 618 near 22nd Street.
Troopers were advised a gold 2001 Saturn was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes and would eventually turn southbound in the northbound lanes of I-75. Upon exiting at the northbound Gibsonton Drive entrance ramp, a trooper arrested the driver identified as 24-year-old Kevin Thomas Smisor.
Smisor, a Chamberlain High School social studies teacher, was charged with driving under the influence and driving the wrong way on a limited access roadway.
Smisor refused to provide a breath test but the trooper stated he had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol.