A wrong-way driver is in custody after an incident on Loop 101 early Sunday morning.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say dispatchers received multiple calls about a wrong-way driver headed northbound in the southbound lanes of traffic just after 1 a.m.
According to police documents, dispatchers were first made aware of the wrong-way driver when the vehicle was at milepost 11, which is near Grand Avenue.
An ABC15 viewer emailed a video showing the wrong-way driver nearly hitting a woman's vehicle around 1:15 a.m.
"My wife was heading home (and) almost crashed into this wrong-way driving vehicle," the viewer told us.
See the scary moments captured on the dash camera in the video player above.
DPS says the driver was taken into custody along the freeway after several troopers worked together to pin his vehicle to stop it. Troopers were able to successfully stop the car near milepost 30, which is near Cave Creek Road.
The driver faces charges of aggravated DUI, Aggravated DUI wrong-way, endangerment, unlawful flight from law enforcement, and disorderly conduct.
DPS troopers reportedly found multiple open containers of alcohol in the vehicle.
Fortunately, no crashes or injuries were reported during this incident.
