Arizona trooper slams into suspected impaired wrong-way driver on freeway

By Pilar Arias

Published August 22, 2022

A man is in custody after an Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper purposely ran into the car he was driving the wrong way on a freeway.

The crash happened just after 4:30 a.m. Sunday on the Loop 101 in Tempe, officials said. The red Cadillac, driven by Isaias Luis Llanos, 22, was reported to be traveling eastbound down the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near Broadway Road.

A state trooper located the red Cadillac traveling southbound on northbound Loop 101 between Guadalupe and Baseline Roads.

"The trooper intercepted and made the courageous decision to collide with the vehicle, successfully bringing it to a stop," a news release said.

Arizona trooper collides with wrong-way driver on Loop 101

AZDPS trooper and a Cadillac collide during wrong-way incident in Tempe, Arizona. (AZDPS)

Both the driver and the trooper were hospitalized with minor injuries.

Arizona state trooper stops wrong-way driver on Loop 101 in Tempe. (AZDPS)

AZ state trooper collides with wrong-way driver

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An AZ state trooper located a red Cadillac sedan traveling southbound on northbound State Route 101 at milepost 56, between Guadalupe and Baseline Roads. The trooper intercepted and made the courageous decision to collide with the vehicle, successfully bringing it to a stop. (AZDPS)

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Wrong-way driver car that collided with an Arizona state trooper vehicle. (AZDPS)

AZDPS trooper rams into wrong-way driver

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An Arizona DPS trooper purposely crashed into a wrong-way driver on Loop 101 in Tempe. (AZDPS)

Cadillac after AXDPS trooper rams into it

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The aftermath of a car an Arizona DPS trooper purposely crashed into as it was driving the wrong way down Loop 101 in Tempe. (AZDPS)

An Arizona DPS trooper vehicle seen in morning light after purposely crashing into a wrong-way driver in Tempe. (AZDPS)

Llanos was booked into the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Jail for DUI, aggravated DUI-wrong way driving, DUI drugs, aggravated assault and endangerment.

The investigation is ongoing.

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