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Impaired wrong-way driver causes crash on Highway 407: OPP

The side of an OPP cruiser is seen in this file image. Global News

An impaired driver travelled the wrong way on Highway 407 Thursday morning leading to a crash, police say.

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Ontario Provincial Police said officers received a call at around 6:10 a.m. about a vehicle heading eastbound in the westbound lanes of Highway 407 near Dufferin Street in Vaughan.

The wrong-way vehicle, which was an SUV, collided with a pickup truck, police said.

The driver of the pickup was reported to have suffered minor injuries.

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Police said the driver of the SUV was arrested at the scene.

A 39-year-old Vaughan resident has been charged with operation while impaired with a blood alcohol concentration of 80-plus, operation while impaired by alcohol and dangerous operation.

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