PHOENIX — A wrong-way driver was involved in a collision along State Route 51 in Phoenix early Tuesday morning.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say the crash occurred around 2:20 a.m. near McDowell Road.
The driver of a Hyundai sedan was reportedly headed southbound in the northbound lanes of SR 51 before crashing into a Cadillac and another vehicle.
The wrong-way driver, only identified as a 29-year-old man from Illinois, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Cadillac driver suffered minor injuries and the third driver was not hurt.
DPS says when the wrong-way driver is released from the hospital, he will be charged with aggravated DUI/wrong-way driving.
