PALM HARBOR —
A wrong-way driver was arrested for DUI early Sunday morning in Palm Harbor.
Jan Lee Witherite, 48, of Pennsylvania, was arrested for DUI after a K-9 deputy observed the suspect driving on the wrong side of the road, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
According to deputies, K-9 Corporal Michael Kilian was on Alderman Road when he observed a 2016 Pontiac SUV traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of Alderman Road from Belcher Road.
Corporal Kilian was able to stop the vehicle before it caused a collision, deputies said.
Deputies said Witherite had a BAC of .196. Witherite was arrested for DUI and was transported to the Pinellas County Jail.
No injuries were reported.
