Wrong-way driver on Highway 5 faces impaired driving charge
A man driving south in the northbound lanes of Highway 5 in Gatineau somehow avoided hitting anyone, but ended up under arrest anyway.
It happened a little before 2 a.m. on Friday. An RCMP officer had stopped by the side of the northbound lanes of the autoroute to help with a broken-down car.
Then he saw a car coming southbound toward him, on the wrong side of the highway — which has a concrete median. It nearly hit him.
The Mountie set off after the wrong-way driver, while Gatineau office
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