A California Highway Patrol officer intentionally crashed into a wrong-way driver on Highway 101 Wednesday night, likely preventing serious injury or death to other motorists in the area.
The officer was unhurt in the collision. The driver, 85-year-old Inglewood resident Maria Hernandez, was transported to Cottage Hospital with chest pain. Alcohol and drugs were not a factor in the incident, a CHP spokesperson said.
At approximately 2 a.m., dispatchers received calls of a wrong-way driver headed southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 101 near El Capitan State Beach.