Phoenix, United States - August 04, 2025 08/03/2025 11:50 pm GMT-0700 GLENDALE, Ariz. – According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) sergeant at the scene, troopers responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a white SUV driving southbound in the northbound lanes of the Loop 101 near Northern Avenue. The vehicle was driving below highway speeds in the HOV and number 1 lanes. DPS troopers located the vehicle approaching Glendale Avenue and attempted to intercept it. The first arriving trooper approached the vehicle head-on in the HOV lane. The wrong-way driver accelerated and swerved around the trooper's vehicle before continuing southbound in the northbound lanes. The trooper made a U-turn, caught up to the driver, and performed a PIT maneuver on the wrong-way vehicle. The driver regained control of his vehicle following the PIT and continued to drive southbound in the northbound lanes. Additional troopers arrived and utilized their cruisers to pin the vehicle in place. The wrong-way driver rammed one DPS cruiser as troopers worked to pin the vehicle. Four patrol vehicles in total were damaged during their vehicular intervention. The driver, now identified as an elderly male in his 80s, was taken into custody. He was later transported to a local hospital for medical precautionary evaluation. No troopers were injured.