State police stopped a wrong-way driver on Route 8 in Waterbury early Tuesday morning.
The car was traveling south in the northbound lanes of the highway near Exit 36 around 1:15 a.m., according to state police.
A trooper who was working at a nearby construction site responded to the area and came upon the wrong-way vehicle. The car slowed, but hit the front-end f the trooper's cruiser and then came to a stop. The trooper and the other driver were not injured.
The incident was captured by the trooper's dashcam.
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According to state police, the elderly driver appeared disoriented and was taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation. State police issued him an infraction for driving the wrong way on a divided highway.
State police want to remind people to evaluate the driving capabilities of loved ones as they age who may be in poor health, or exhibit slowed reaction times.
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