DPS troopers arrest wrong-way driver early Sunday morning in Phoenix

PHOENIX — A wrong-way driver was arrested early Sunday morning in Phoenix.

According to the Department of Public Safety, the wrong-way driver was stopped on Interstate 10 at 40th Street around 5:30 a.m.

DPS said it had received reports of a wrong-way vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes near Interstate 17 at milepost 195.

The wrong-way driver was arrested after troopers manged to locate and stop the vehicle.

Sunday morning’s incident marks the second wrong-way driver in the Valley in 2020.

On Jan. 4, A wrong-way driver was killed in a collision on the South Mountain Freeway. The driver of the other vehicle involved was not injured.

No other details were immediately available.

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