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Wrong-way driver crashes into wall on Loop 101 near McDowell, person in custody

Posted at 5:27 AM, Jun 11, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-13 01:24:59-04

A wrong-way driver crashed into a wall on the Loop 101 Sunday morning, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. 

DPS said just before 3:30 a.m. they received a report of a wrong-way vehicle traveling northbound in the southbound lanes on the southbound SR-101 and McDowell exit ramp in Scottsdale. 

The car reportedly came to a stop on the ramp and began moving the wrong way up the ramp and struck a concrete barrier wall.

DPS says Podave Riley, 25 was arrested. The Tempe man was booked on DUI and endangerment charges.