Alleged impaired driver goes 20 km down highway the wrong way: Ontario police [Video]

A 54-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after allegedly driving 20 kilometres in the wrong direction on the QEW from Hamilton to Grimsby.

On Wed. Feb. 12, around 2:43 a.m., OPP in Burlington and Niagara received multiple calls about a vehicle travelling the wrong way on the QEW in the Toronto-bound lanes from Nikola Tesla Boulevard in Hamilton.

An officer from the Burlington detachment, driving the proper direction in the Fort Erie-bound lanes of the QEW, caught up with the vehicle near Christie Street in Grimsby.

Police say the officer was able to get the motorist’s attention, who then turned around.

A second OPP officer from the Niagara detachment was able to locate the vehicle and stopped the driver near Casablanca Boulevard.