BRIDGEPORT, CT — A wrong-way driver was stopped on I-95 in Bridgeport Sunday night, after the motorist was first spotted traveling in the wrong direction on Route 25 in Trumbull, according to Connecticut State Police.
The incident began at about 9:45 p.m., when state police Troop G received a report of a van "traveling at a high rate of speed, southbound in the northbound lanes" of Route 25 in Trumbull.
"Responding Troopers were able to locate the accused vehicle and conduct a motor vehicle stop on I-95 northbound in the area of Exit 29 in Bridgeport," a state police spokesperson wrote in a statement to Patch.
No injuries were reported, and the driver, who state police have not named, was taken into custody and arrested.
What charges the driver is facing were not disclosed.
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