Wrong way crash involving five vehicles impact traffic on Loop 101 Friday morning

MESA, Ariz. - Authorities say four people were injured in two collisions involving five vehicles, including one that was driving the wrong way on a Mesa freeway.

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"We received our first call of an actual wrong way driver around 2:55 this morning, traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of the Loop 101, right here in Guadalupe," said Trooper Kameron Lee with DPS.

Trooper Lee says the wrong-way vehicle collided nearly head-on with another car in northbound lanes on the Loop 101 freeway early Friday morning and that three other vehicles collided traffic came to a standstill. One of those vehicles rolled over.

The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was identified as a 26-year-old man.Lee says none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening and that investigators suspected the 26-year-old wrong-way driver was impaired.

Northbound lanes of Loop 101 were closed at Guadalupe Road were closed for several hours. Southbound lanes remained open.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.