Three wrong-way drivers were stopped on Tampa highways Thursday morning.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies stopped two wrong-way drivers in separate incidents early Thursday.
Deputies first received calls just before 2 a.m. about a wrong way driver in eastern Hillsborough County. Deputies said Bluma Lantzy was stopped driving the wrong way on Highway 60 East at Turkey Creek Road. She was arrested on DUI charges.
About two hours later, a driver was stopped by deputies going north in the southbound lanes of the Veterans Expressway just south of Gunn Highway.
Deputies said the driver of the Toyota Corolla, 34-year-old Daniel Palmer of Tampa, smelled of alcohol, had delayed reaction and watery and red bloodshot eyes. Deputies said his blood alcohol was measured at more than two times the legal limit.
A few hours later, the Florida Highway Patrol received multiple calls about a motorcycle going the wrong way on Interstate 275 near downtown Tampa.
Troopers responded in minutes and located the motorcyclist, 25-year-old Matthew James Kennedy, of Tampa, standing along the southbound inside shoulder next to the parked 2015 Harley Davidson motorcycle which was facing north.
Kennedy told troopers he had entered the interstate at Busch Boulevard and was traveling southbound listening to music from his smart phone.
Troopers said Kennedy dropped his phone south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and decided to travel back along the inside shoulder to the area where he had dropped his phone to locate it.
Kennedy’s motorcycle was towed from the scene as troopers said he had a suspended driver license at the time of the incident. No charges were filed.
There were no crashes or injuries in either case.