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Video shows wrong-way driver on I-43 in Milwaukee, arrested for OWI

The suspect struck two other drivers while traveling the wrong way. MCSO says no serious injuries were reported.
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A suspected elderly drunk driver struck two other drivers while traveling the wrong way on I-43 in Milwaukee on Monday.

WATCH: Wrong-way driver on I-43 in Milwaukee

Wrong-way driver on I-43

According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), dispatch received a 911 call around 2:20 p.m. Monday that a driver, identified as a 78-year-old Milwaukee man, was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of I-43.

The driver went on the Fond du Lac off-ramp and traveled southbound on I-43 at Capitol.

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Wrong way driver southbound I-43 near Capitol

He struck two other drivers while traveling the wrong way. MCSO says no serious injuries were reported.

The driver traveled for nearly 3.5 miles. He was taken into custody for first-degree recklessly endangering safety, hit-and-run causing injury, and operating while intoxicated.


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