Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 70-year-old driver who was allegedly going the wrong way on Highway 401 on Sunday.
Police say they received numerous 911 calls shortly after 6 p.m. reporting that a driver in a silver pickup truck was traveling east on the westbound lanes of the highway in Loyalist Township.
The driver entered the highway at Camden East Road and continued for approximately seven kilometers before exiting at Wilton Road, police said in an email to CTV News.
Callers reported the driver was “diverting other traffic” at speeds of 100 km/h, slowing to 50 km/h at times.
No collisions were reported.
The OPP and local police located the driver, a 70-year-old man from Etobicoke, parked in a Kingston neighborhood.
Police were able to find him after a family member reported him missing at the time of the incident. A ping from the driver’s cellphone provided a general location of his whereabouts, police said.
The driver was charged with dangerous operation and stunt driving. He will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Napanee at a later date.
Lennox and Addington OPP are looking for witnesses to the incident or anyone who may have dash cam video.
Anyone with information is asked to call 1-888-310-1122, reference number E241694379.
