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Wrong-way driver involved in crash near Loop 101 and Cardinals Way

Officials say injuries from the crash are minor
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A wrong-way driver was involved in a crash near Loop 101 and Cardinals Way Thursday night.

Troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety responded to a driver who was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes.

Officials say a crash happened when the wrong-way driver tried to make a U-turn to correct itself.

The wrong-way driver, identified as a 19-year-old male, was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. He is suspected of DUI.

It's unclear if anybody else was injured.