Watch: Colo. Deputies Use PIT Maneuver to Stop Wrong-Way Driver With 7 Prior DUI Charges

A suspected impaired driver with seven previous DUI and DWAI charges was arrested after allegedly speeding the wrong way to avoid Douglas County sheriff's deputies, who used a PIT maneuver to stop his vehicle.

Oct. 16, 2026

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Douglas County sheriff's deputies stopped a wrong-way driver on Interstate 25 after he allegedly accelerated to more than 80 mph while traveling against traffic to avoid law enforcement.
Deputies used a PIT maneuver to force the vehicle off the road, and the driver was arrested after initially refusing to exit the car.
Investigators said the man showed signs of impairment, refused a blood alcohol test, had seven prior DUI/DWAI charges and was driving with a suspended license.

By Katie Langford

Source The Denver Post

A driver suspected of speeding the wrong way down Interstate 25 to avoid law enforcement early Tuesday morning had seven previous charges for driving while intoxicated or impaired, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said.

Emergency dispatchers first received calls about a car driving the wrong way on southbound I-25 in near Plum Creek Parkway Castle Rock at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, sheriff’s officials said in a news release Wednesday.

When deputies tried to stop the car, the driver sped up to over 80 mph and continued driving the wrong way. Deputies forced the car off the road using a tactical vehicle intervention, which is when law enforcement intentionally hit fleeing vehicles to bring them to a stop.

The man, whom the sheriff’s office did not identify, refused to get out of the car, but deputies were able to arrest him “without incident,” the sheriff’s office said.

Sheriff’s deputies and Lone Tree police also closed the highway near C-470 during the incident for public safety.

Deputies reported the man showed “multiple indicators of possible impairment,” but he refused a blood alcohol test, according to the sheriff’s office.

Investigators later found he had seven previous charges for DUI and driving while ability impaired and currently had a suspended license.

Charges against the man are pending while deputies continue investigating the case, the sheriff’s office said.

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