CT troopers intentionally crash into wrong way driver to stop her from getting on I-395

A pistillate was charged with DUI implicit the play aft she was spotted going the incorrect mode connected Interstate 395 successful Norwich successful the aboriginal greeting hours, which led to aggregate troopers intentionally crashing into her SUV to halt her from getting backmost connected the interstate.

Troopers received aggregate 911 calls astir the incorrect mode operator astir 2:30 a.m. connected Saturday successful the country of Exit 11 wherever a conveyance was seen astatine a precocious complaint of velocity going southbound successful the northbound lanes, according to Connecticut State Police.

A dashboard camera video taken by a operator successful the country and turned implicit to authorities constabulary showed a motorist swerve retired of the near lane and into the close lane with different vehicles astir to debar a head-on collision with the incorrect mode driver.

Troopers located the vehicle, a 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan, arsenic the operator was approaching the Troop E barracks successful Montville, authorities constabulary said. State constabulary tried to halt the driver, but she turned into the parking batch and allegedly tried to evade them, according to authorities police.

State constabulary said aggregate troopers struck the Tiguan to halt the operator from getting backmost connected the road successful the incorrect direction. A dashcam video from 1 of the cruisers shows a trooper onslaught the rear operator broadside of the conveyance earlier a trooper successful an SUV moves alongside the rider broadside and besides strikes the Tiguan, boxing it in.

No injuries were reported.

State constabulary alleged that they had to physically region the operator aft she failed to get retired of the SUV erstwhile told to bash so. She was identified arsenic 34-year-old Cailin Sorder of Griswold, according to authorities police.

State constabulary said Sorder appeared intoxicated and was arrested connected charges of operating a centrifugal conveyance nether the power of intoxicant and/or drugs, driving the incorrect mode connected a constricted entree highway, engaging constabulary successful a pursuit, interfering with an serviceman and first-degree reckless endangerment.

She was held connected a $50,000 enslaved and was scheduled to look successful Norwich Superior Court connected Monday.