From the Florida Highway Patrol
Florida Highway Patrol Troopers were dispatched to a report of a wrong-way driver traveling north on the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near Alico Road and the 128-mile marker.
According to the FHP statement, at approximately 1:39 am this morning, Troopers immediately responded and located a Lexus ES, stopped on the shoulder, facing the wrong way, at mile marker 132.
The driver, later identified as Ashraf Mohammed, age 42, of Fort Myers, was passed out behind the wheel.
Mohammed was placed under arrest for DUI, reckless driving, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), and possession of drug paraphernalia and booked into the Lee County Jail.
Ashraf Mohammed
Photo from the Lee County Jail
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