Harris County deputies crash head-on with wrong-way driver on East Freeway

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Harris County, TX - A wrong-way driver on the East Freeway got into a head-on collision with a Harris County Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle early Tuesday morning.

Harris County Sheriff, Ed Gonzalez, identified the driver as 23-year-old Nathan Arevalo.

According to Sergeant Bondurant, around 1:30 a.m. deputies received multiple calls about a wrong-way driver going eastbound in the westbound main lanes in the 18900 block of East Freeway near North Main in the Highlands-area.

Two deputies in a patrol vehicle arrived at where the driver was and crashed head on with them, authorities say. HCSO officials say the deputies vehicle had their emergency lights on.

Both the deputies and the driver were not seriously injured.

The deputies attempted to render aid to Arevalo and then detained him.

It was determined by Sergeant Bondurant the driver was intoxicated and that's what caused him to be driving the wrong way.

Arevalo was not injured and has been charged with driving while intoxicated. He was booked into Harris County Jail.