WINONA, Minn. – A deputy sheriff did a quick turn-around after a vehicle came straight at him the wrong way on four-lane U.S. Highway 61 a couple miles south of Winona. The wayward driver stopped 1-1/2 moles later near the Black Horse tavern site on the Winona outskirts and fled into the woods. The deputy chased him on foot. Hunkered down in the woods nwas Miguel Angel Arenas, 35, of Sparta, Wisconsin. He was drunk, the deputy said: Blood-shot and watery eyes, slurred speech,, smelling of alcohol, and unable to perform the first step in roadside sobriety testing before the deputy gave hm trying the next steps. At the jail his blood tested at 0.13% alcohol – substantially more than the allowable 0.08%. The arrest was about 11:10 p.m.
Arenas. Deputy swerved to avoid 65 mph head-on collision on divided highway.