Trooper uses vehicle to stop wrong-way driver in Peoria

PEORIA, AZ (AZFamily) — A wrong-way driver was stopped overnight Wednesday in Peoria by a trooper who used his vehicle to make the stop.

Details are still limited. Just after midnight, the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) said it received several calls about a wrong-way vehicle on the Loop 303.

A DPS trooper found the vehicle in the area of Lake Pleasant Parkway and used his cruiser to stop the wrong-way driver. Neither the trooper nor the wrong-way driver were injured.

DPS did not provide charging information against the driver, who is still not identified publicly…

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