Country superstar Sam Hunt charged with DUI

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country singer Sam Hunt was arrested early Thursday morning after driving the wrong way down an East Nashville road while drunk, a police report alleges.

The 34-year-old was booked into the Metro jail in Nashville around 6:30 a.m. on charges of driving under the influence and having an open container, according to ABC affiliate WKRN.

According to an arrest warrant, police were notified early Thursday morning that a driver was traveling south in the northbound lanes of Ellington Parkway near Ben Allen Road.

Hunt is from Cedartown, Georgia and was just in Atlanta for a concert Friday.

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