April 4, 2022 – Washington Co., WI – A 31-year-old City of South Milwaukee woman remains in custody at the Washington County Jail after she was arrested for driving the wrong way on Hwy. 45 while intoxicated Sunday evening, April 3, 2022, with her 2-year-old child in the car.
The initial 911 caller reported the wrong-way driver going northbound in the southbound lanes of Hwy. 45 about ½ mile north of Hwy. 33/West Washington Street at about 8 p.m. Sunday night. At some point, the suspect driver turned around and was observed by a deputy driving shoulder-to-shoulder near Mileview Rd. The driver was stopped and failed field sobriety testing. She had a preliminary breath test of .268.
The child was turned over to a relative. The mother was arrested for OWI first with a minor in the vehicle, recklessly endangering safety, and open intoxicants.
