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PD: Buckeye wrong-way driver had 10 drinks in two hours

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Posted at 12:35 PM, Mar 05, 2019
and last updated 2019-03-05 14:35:39-05

BUCKEYE, AZ — A wrong-way driver in Buckeye reportedly told police that he had ten drinks in two hours.

Buckeye police report that on February 24, they arrested 44-year-old John Allen Vigh near Sun Valley and Tartesso parkways.

Police say Vigh was seen going northbound in the southbound lanes of the divided parkway.

Vigh had a reported blood-alcohol level of .230. He allegedly told police that over two hours he consumed five 16-ounce cans of beer and five 16-ounce drinks of Jack and Coke.

Vigh has been charged with aggravated DUI.