FREDERICK, Md. -- A woman was arrested Thursday after the car she was driving traveled the wrong way on U.S. 15 and Interstate 270 for seven miles, causing three car crashes, according to a Maryland State Police press release.
Amanda Tyerar, 21, of Gaithersburg, Md., was charged with DUI, troopers said.
The incident started Thursday at 1:54 a.m. when state police received multiple calls from residents about a Volvo S40 going the wrong way on U.S. 15 near Patrick Street, troopers said.
At the intersection of U.S. 15 and Patrick Street, a passing car going in the right direction was forced off the road by the Volvo, causing the second vehicle to strike a tractor-trailer, troopers said.
The Volvo began traveling south in the northbound lanes of I-270 and dozens of people, including an off-duty Gaithersburg police officer, called authorities after almost being struck by the driver or watching the vehicle travel in the wrong direction, troopers said.
