Police arrest driver for going wrong way on I-70
A New Eagle man was arrested early Sunday after a state police corporal spotted him going east in the westbound lanes of Interstate 70 near the Glyde/Eighty Four exit in Somerset Township.
Danny A. Lutz, 48, of 110 Chess St., was arrested by state police on charges including driving under the influence of alcohol, fleeing and eluding police and reckless endangerment.
State police Cpl. Timothy Stanley reported that he was driving west near the Glyde/Eighty Four exit about 3:30 a.m. when he saw a pickup truck driving east toward his marked police cruiser.
Stanley activated the overhead emergency lights on his cruiser and drove toward the truck. The other driver, later identified as Lutz, went around the cruiser and continued going east in the westbound lanes.
The corporal turned around his cruiser and pursued Lutz, who continued driving almost five miles before coming to a stop in the left westbound lane near the Kammerer exit, police said.
Lutz was taken to Monongahela Valley Hospital, where police said blood was drawn to determine his alcohol level.
This is the third time Lutz has been charged with DUI in the last four months. On Nov. 12, he was charged by Monongahela police. Four days later, he was charged by police in Perryopolis, Fayette County. He was ordered held for further court action in both of those cases, online court records show.
Lutz, who also was charged with several traffic violations Sunday, was arraigned before District Judge Curtis Thompson and placed in the Washington County jail on $5,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for March 27 before Thompson.