Watch This Idaho State Police Trooper Stop a Wrong-Way Vehicle on the Highway

The Idaho State Police haven’t posted a lot of accident reports in February, but quite a few of what they have shared happened in Southern Idaho near Boise. One incident that was not reported in the current news and public information section of their website was a recent traffic stop on the highway involving a wrong-way driver in Meridian.

ISP Trooper Stops Vehicle on Southern Idaho Highway Driving Against Traffic

The incident happened on February 9th and was shared by the ISP on their social media. A video from Facebook shows the trooper driving down Interstate 84 in Meridian. At one point in the video, you can see the vehicle headed in the same direction but on the other side of the cement median into oncoming traffic. The trooper found an opening in the concrete barrier and turned around to face the vehicle head-on and stop it.

It looks like the vehicle stopped without causing any accidents or striking the ISP vehicle. 13 seconds into this video, you can see the white truck driving the wrong direction as the trooper passes it before he’s able to turn around.

The driver was arrested for reckless driving. This was the second wrong-way driver in the last week. The previous driver caused a fatal accident not far from Meridian in Nampa.

READ ALSO: Wrong-Way Driver Caused Multi-Vehicle Fatal Accident in Nampa

ISP advises drivers who see a car going the wrong direction to pull over when safe and then to call 911.