By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept

Need To Know

News, culture and entertainment you need to know

Font ResizerAa
  • U.K News
  • World
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Money
  • Travel
  • Fitness and health
  • Tech
  • Motors
  • Sports
  • More
Reading: Terrifying moment OAP drives wrong way on busy dual carriageway
Share
Font ResizerAa

Need To Know

News, culture and entertainment you need to know

  • U.K News
  • World
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Money
  • Travel
  • Fitness and health
  • Tech
  • Motors
  • Sports
  • More
Search
  • U.K News
  • World
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Money
  • Travel
  • Fitness and health
  • Tech
  • Motors
  • Sports
  • More
Follow US
Need To Know > U.K News > Terrifying moment OAP drives wrong way on busy dual carriageway
An 80-year-old driver was spotted driving the wrong way on a busy Devon dual carriageway during rush hour, leading to a collision and his subsequent arrest and hospitalization.
U.K News

Terrifying moment OAP drives wrong way on busy dual carriageway

NTK Journalist
Last updated: August 30, 2024 12:53 pm
NTK Journalist Published August 30, 2024
Share
Dash Cam footage captured the driver going the wrong way down a dual carriageway. (Picture: Jam Press)
SHARE

A pensioner was spotted driving the wrong way down a busy dual carriageway in rush hour.

Another driver – going the right way – captured it on his dashcam.

He was in the outside lane overtaking a lorry but thankfully pulled back into the inside one.

READ MORE: Renowned chef in critical condition after Notting Hill carnival attack

A blue Volkswagen then started to come towards him on the A30 near Okehampton, Devon on Wednesday (28 Aug).

It is not known where the car joined the road or where it left.

But incredibly the driver, aged 80, drove on the wrong side of another road later that day as reported by Need To Know.

A Devon and Cornwall police spokesman said: “Police were called at around 5.30pm on August 28 following reports of a motorist driving north on the southbound A30 carriageway between the Okehampton and Exeter areas.

“Later that evening officers were called to Hill Barton Road in Exeter following reports of the same vehicle again on the wrong side of the road.

“The vehicle came to a stop after colliding with a central reservation nearby.

“A man in his 80s from Exeter was located and arrested on suspicion of driving without due care and attention.

“He was then dearrested, taken to hospital and left in the care of hospital staff.

“Enquiries are ongoing.”

READ MORE: Horror as 15ft crocodile found at house after getting swept there by flood

You Might Also Like

TikToker fighting for life after crashing into tree

Tourist crushed by huge block of ice while exploring cave

Football-loving influencer dies aged 13 after long cancer fight

TV star shows off gaping wounds after crocodile bite while filming

Influencer ‘stabbed to death’ as boyfriend and two others arrested – after posting heartbreaking final video

TAGGED:newsshockingterrifyingUKVideo
Share This Article
Facebook Twitter Email Print
What do you think?
Love0
Sad0
Happy0
Sleepy0
Angry0
Dead0
Wink0
Leave a comment Leave a comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Follow US

Find US on Social Medias
FacebookLike
TwitterFollow
InstagramFollow
TiktokFollow
Most read
A driver squeezed between two oncoming lorries on a narrow road in Kazakhstan with his wife and three kids in the car. The heart-stopping dashcam footage has gone viral online.
World

Cool-as-cucumber driver slips through impossible gap between road-hogging lorries

William McGee William McGee April 17, 2026
Litter of newborn kittens rescued from landfill site CRUSHER
Cruel man picks up stepdaughter’s dog and slams it to the floor
Family mourns boy, 9, after ‘drunk’ driver ploughed into him and friend riding bikes
‘Cruel’ commuter slammed for wearing jacket filled with LIVE cockroaches

Categories

  • Lifestyle
  • U.K News
  • World
  • Technology
  • Business
Quick Link
  • My Bookmark
  • Interests
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Write for us
  • Authors
  • Contact
Top Categories
  • Business
  • Environment
  • Lifestyle
  • Technology
  • Fitness and health
  • Property
  • Entertainment

Subscribe US

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!

Read Next

Erin Taylor was building her dream career as a botanist when ALS took her body at 23. Now she cannot move or speak but refuses to stop living - and her story is inspiring thousands.
Fitness and health

‘I was 23 with my dream career and whole life ahead of me – now I’m trapped in a body that won’t move’

April 17, 2026
Scientists found a bizarre ghostly creature nearly six miles deep in a trench off Japan that cannot be classified as any known species. It was filmed at a record-breaking depth.
AnimalsNews

Scientists baffled by mysterious creature found six-miles deep in marine trench

April 16, 2026
An Italian man is believed to have pushed his wife from their fifth-floor balcony before jumping to his death, days before the couple were due to sign their divorce papers.
World

Man pushes wife from fifth-floor balcony before jumping

April 16, 2026
Locals swarmed a crashed lorry in Mexico and looted tons of spilled sugar as helpless police watched on. Footage shows the frenzied scramble as one witness screamed they are thieves.
World

Sweet-toothed locals loot crashed lorry loaded with sugar

April 16, 2026
Thames Water has warned Swindon residents after flushed condoms blocked sewage pumps on a housing estate, causing system failures and requiring emergency tankers to restore services.
U.K News

Randy residents warned by water firm after blocking sewers with too many flushed CONDOMS

April 16, 2026
A Brazilian dentist was arrested after allegedly holding his partner captive for four months, forcing her to tattoo his name ten times across her body from neck to feet.
World

Dentist arrested for holding woman captive and forcing her to tattoo his name on her body

April 16, 2026
A woman fell face-first onto train tracks in Poland after being distracted on her phone, prompting the railway operator to release footage as a stark safety warning.
World

Clumsy commuter face-plants on to train tracks while distracted using phone

April 16, 2026
A rodeo bull broke free and charged through a Brazilian town, knocking a 21-year-old nursing student to the ground before being caught 7km away by six men.
AnimalsNews

Raging bull terrifies locals running down street after escaping from rodeo

April 16, 2026

Categories

  • Lifestyle
  • U.K News
  • World
  • Technology
  • Business
Quick Link
  • My Bookmark
  • Interests
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Write for us
  • Authors
  • Contact
Top Categories
  • Business
  • Environment
  • Lifestyle
  • Technology
  • Fitness and health
  • Property
  • Entertainment

Subscribe US

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!

2024 © Need To Know. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?