WATCH: Utah trooper stops wrong-way driver head-on along I-215

SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) – Dashcam footage caught a Utah trooper dealing with a disoriented wrong-way driver head-on in Salt Lake County on Wednesday.

Utah Freeway Patrol (UHP) launched footage from a trooper’s dashcam because the wrong-way driver is noticed.

Deputies say the incident occurred on I-215 round 1 a.m. early Wednesday morning. Officers say the motive force was an aged one who turned disoriented through the incident.

Dispatch acquired calls reporting a wrong-way driver touring northbound within the southbound lanes on I-215 west.

The trooper is seen dashing up on the freeway and finding the motive force simply earlier than the Legacy Freeway cut up on I-215 West.

The trooper makes a U-turn over the freeway’s middle space and drives head-on in the direction of the wrong-way driver.

As the motive force’s headlights proceed nearing dangerously, the trooper efficiently makes use of his car to crash into the motive force’s automotive. The impression causes the motive force to veer off the freeway and right into a small pond. No severe accidents have been reported after the crash.

Gov. Spencer Cox thanked the trooper’s heroic actions saying, “I had an awesome name with Trooper Jensen tonight. By placing his personal life at risk and deliberately inflicting an accident, he saved the lifetime of this disoriented aged driver and a few unsuspecting car up forward. True heroism.”

Utah has seen an alarming rise in wrong-way drivers lately, inspiring UHP to create a wrong-way driving job power devoted to addressing the problem.

“Over the past couple of minutes, we’ve seen a rise of those occasions occurring,” says UHP Sgt. Cameron Roden. “And never solely have they been occurring extra steadily. They have been additionally occurring and have been very lethal, we noticed some very tragic conditions come out of a few of these incidents.”

Authorities are consistently reminding drivers to remain sober and in a transparent mind-set when deciding to function a car of any type.