SEE IT: 'Habitual' offender with 10-plus prior convictions arrested after driving backwards on highway: police

A "habitual" offender was caught on-camera driving backwards connected a engaged Florida roadway, the Flagler County Sheriff's Department said.

The section said "multiple callers" reported that a operator successful a metallic sedan was driving backwards on SR 100, a engaged road serving northeast Florida, connected March 13.

Video shows the metallic conveyance maneuvering backwards astir the median road divided connected a engaged road.

William Murphy III told deputies helium thought reversing to AutoZone was his champion enactment aft a expected mechanical failure. (Flagler County Sheriff's Department)

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The sheriff's bureau said its Time Crime Center tracked the conveyance to a Panda Express parking lot, and deputies stopped the conveyance adjacent SR 100 and Airport Road aft it had turned astir and was facing successful the close direction.

The driver, identified arsenic William Murphy III, 47, of Palm Coast, said the car had a mechanical issue, and helium "thought the champion option" was to thrust it backward to AutoZone, officials said.

"Except his mechanical issues evaporated erstwhile deputies got down him ... oregon was it successful beforehand of him?" the sheriff's bureau said.

Florida antheral William Murphy III, a habitual offender with 10-plus anterior convictions, claimed a mechanical contented forced him to thrust backwards connected SR 100 earlier his arrest. (Flagler County Sheriff's Department)

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In constabulary worn assemblage camera video, Murphy is heard attempting to explicate distant his reverse driving.

"I didn't deliberation that I was that atrocious ... you cognize what I'm saying ... I wasn't adjacent swerving oregon thing similar that oregon driving fast," Murphy told the deputy.

"You were driving backward connected the road!" the lawman is heard replying.

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Flagler County deputies arrested Palm Coast antheral William Murphy III for habitual driving portion licence suspended aft helium was caught connected camera driving backwards connected SR 100. (Flagler County Sheriff's Department)

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Deputies arrested Murphy for habitual driving portion licence suspended oregon revoked, saying helium had 10-plus anterior convictions.

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Murphy was transported to the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and aboriginal released connected $1,000 bond.

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