Video Shows Ohio Trooper Stop Wrong-Way Driver
Source Officer.com News
An Ohio Highway Patrol trooper is being lauded for his actions after he stopped a wrong-way driver.
Sgt. Robert Burd responded to reports of a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction on Interstate 71 in Greene County on Oct. 7, according to WJW-TV.
By the time he arrived on the scene, another trooper had already avoided one head-on collision with the driver.
Burd flashed his spotlight at the truck in an attempt to get him to stop. That's when he made a very risky decision.
"Sergeant Burd, knowing the danger and potential consequences of allowing the vehicle to pass him, steered into the path of the wrong way vehicle and accelerated into it," Lt. Stan Jordan told the news station.
When that didn't work, Burd then hit the truck again and tried to force it into the median, but the driver accelerated again and continued in the wrong direction.
The trooper pursued the suspect, who rammed into the cruiser and as the two vehicles became tangled together, they came to a stop.
Burd got the driver out of his vehcile and soon found out the 79-year-old man from Jeffersonville was suffering from dementia.
The man was cited for reckless operation and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles was informed his license status needs to be reevaluated.
