Watch: Vehicle being driven wrong way down M1 as police highlight dangers of drink driving

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk— On Saturday March 9 around 2:45am, South Yorkshire Police received numerous calls into their control room following reports of a vehicle going contraflow to traffic on the M1 Southbound, at Junction 35A. Cameras from National Highways captured the car join the motorway and drive for two junctions before leaving the carriageway. Drivers, including those in heavy goods vehicles had to take evasive action to avoid head-on collisions. The driver was stopped by officers and breathalysed. He blew 125,...

www.thestar.co.uk—Watch: Shocking video shows drink driving suspect heading towards lorry on wrong side of M1 near Sheffield. A shocking video shows how a driver drove along the wrong side of the M1 near Sheffield, causing major alarm after drinking too much. The South Yorkshire Police video shows the car driving along on Saturday March 9, with an articulating lorry among the vehicles having to avoid him. The motorist is suspected of drink driving South Yorkshire Police said of the incident: “On Saturday March 9 around 2.45am, we received numerous calls into our control room following reports of a vehicle going...

leicestermercury—Police make drink driving arrest after Hinckley Road crash. Drivers were urged to avoid Hinckley Road after the two-vehicle collision

The Guardian—Ontario: grandparents and infant killed in wrong-way police pursuit crash. Vehicle driving wrong way on highway was being pursued by police after alleged liquor store robbery, causing six-vehicle collisionTwo grandparents and their infant grandchild have been killed on a highway east of Toronto after a van being chased by police crashed while going the wrong way, causing a six-vehicle collision.The chase late on Monday was triggered by an alleged liquor store robbery, and the crash also left the suspect in the chased van dead, police in Canada said on Tuesday. Continue...