DPS stops wrong-way driver on Loop 202 in Chandler

CHANDLER, Ariz. (KSAZ) - DPS troopers stopped a wrong-way driver on the Loop 202 Santan near McClintock Drive on Wednesday morning.

According to Trooper Kameron Lee, the Arizona Department of Public Safety received reports of a red pickup truck traveling eastbound on westbound Interstate 10 at milepost 158 at 7:08 a.m.

DPS says the pickup truck then headed to the eastbound Loop 202 Santan, where a sergeant was able to pull the vehicle over.

DPS says the driver of the pickup truck is an elderly man who is being checked by medical staff.