Colorado State Patrol troopers arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly driving the wrong way on Interstate 25 near Fort Collins earlier this month.
A witness contacted CSP around 7 p.m. on Aug. 10 to report a black Mercedes driving recklessly on I-25 near milepost 278, just north of Fort Collins. The witness claimed the vehicle was going over 100 mph and almost struck another car on the highway, according to a press release from the department.
The driver, later identified as Nelson Oldham, 36, allegedly stopped in the HOV lane, turned around and continued driving southbound on northbound I-25, almost colliding with the witness again.
Oldham then allegedly used the emergency turn-around to get onto the southbound side of the interstate, now driving in the correct direction, but continued speeding recklessly.
Trooper Colton Bogart saw the Mercedes heading southbound and clocked the vehicle at 102 mph. When Bogart attempted to perform a traffic stop, the driver swerved across all of the lanes, got back into the HOV lane and turned around again, now heading northbound on southbound I-25, the department said.
Bogart rushed toward the vehicle, according to the dashboard camera footage, causing the car to brake. The car then moved around Bogart and continued driving in the wrong direction.
Oldham eventually exited on Highway 392 and pulled into a nearby restaurant’s parking lot.
Oldham was arrested on suspicion of multiple charges, including, vehicular eluding, DUI, speeding, reckless endangerment and driving on the wrong side of a divided highway.
The defendant is due in Larimer County District Court on Sept. 26 for a disposition hearing.
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