Wrong-way driver stopped on I-80 early Christmas morning

A driver traveled over 10 miles into oncoming traffic while heading the wrong way on Interstate 80 early Thursday.

The Utah Highway Patrol said it was dispatched to reports of a wrong-way driver at 3:19 a.m. near mile marker 99 outside Tooele. A trooper later located the driver heading eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-80 just west of Salt Lake City International Airport.

Without needing physical contact with their vehicle, the trooper was able to safely stop the driver, and no injuries or accidents related to the incident were reported…

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