SALT LAKE CITY — A man has been taken into custody after driving the wrong way on Interstate 80 in Salt Lake City and then attempting to flee from troopers early Thursday morning.
The Utah Highway Patrol said the driver entered the eastbound I-80 lanes at 1300 East and headed westbound just before 3 a.m. It's believed the man crashed into something else before entering the highway in the wrong direction.
Wrong-way systems alerted troopers, who were able to disable the driver's vehicle as it reached 400 East. At that time, the man fled the scene on foot but was later found and taken into custody.
No other information about the driver was released.
Despite recent deadly incidents, wrong-way crashes actually down in Utah this year:
Thursday's incident comes after what seems like a rash of wrong-way drivers across Utah, including an accident that killed two teenagers on I-15 last month. However, last week, UHP said the 15 wrong-way crashes this year were actually down from the 24 recorded in 2024.
