{"id":365506,"date":"2026-08-07T18:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/365506\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:38:10","slug":"wrong-way-driver-arrested-after-head-on-collision-in-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/365506\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong-way driver arrested after head-on collision in Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The suspect refused field sobriety exercises and declined to provide a breath sample. <\/p>\n<p>HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla \u2014 A Tampa man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after authorities say he drove the wrong way on Interstate 75 and collided head-on with another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>It happened Thursday just after 3 a.m. According to a Florida Highway Patrol arrest affidavit, troopers were dispatched to reports of a dark SUV traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of I-75 near mile marker 258.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>When troopers arrived, they found a heavily damaged Chevrolet SUV facing southbound in the northbound lanes and a red Honda with front-end damage.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators identified the driver of the SUV as 37-year-old Ceasar Aguirre Jr. A witness told troopers Aguirre was the only person seen exiting the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers reported Aguirre showed signs of impairment, including bloodshot, glossy eyes, an odor of alcohol and unsteady balance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aguirre initially denied driving before later admitting he was behind the wheel, according to the affidavit. He reportedly refused field sobriety exercises and declined to provide a breath sample.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aguirre was arrested on one count of driving under the influence and booked into the Hillsborough County Jail. The driver of the Honda suffered non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The suspect refused field sobriety exercises and declined to provide a breath sample. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla \u2014 A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-365506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}