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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.
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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
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Dash Cam footage captured the driver going the wrong way down a dual carriageway. (Picture: Jam Press)
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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.

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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.”

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