Suspected drunken driver arrested after passing Harris' motorcade the wrong way in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way passed within feet of Vice President Kamala Harris' motorcade following a campaign stop this week in Wisconsin.

Harris had just wrapped up a rally in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield on Monday evening when her motorcade passed a car heading the wrong way on Interstate 94 in Milwaukee. Sheriff's deputies trailing the motorcade stopped the vehicle and took the driver, a 55-year-old Milwaukee man, into custody after he performed poorly on field sobriety tests and deputies found an open container of alcohol in the vehicle, Milwaukee County Sheriff's spokesperson James Burnett told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The man allegedly told deputies that he was headed home after a night out and had no idea that he was driving the wrong way on the freeway, Burnett said.

According to an arrest report obtained by WISN-TV, the man told deputies that he didn't remember entering the freeway and didn't have any intention of hurting Harris or anyone connected with her campaign. The AP has requested a copy of the report from the sheriff's office.