"I've always had a servant's heart," said Trooper Cody Thao said. He swerved into the path of a wrong-way driver, potentially saving the lives of others.
The California Highway Patrol says a wrong-way driver in a pickup truck crashed head-on into an SUV traveling southbound on Highway 99 in Madera County.
CHP officers say an 89-year-old man was driving west on Avenue 7 1/2 when his truck drifted into the opposite lane.
A tow truck driver was arrested after he drove the wrong way through the Bay Bridge toll plaza and slammed into a CHP cruiser. Both the officer and suspect were treated for minor injuries.
California Highway Patrol officers arrested a man for driving the wrong way on Highway 99 just outside of Fowler on Thursday morning.