SUN CITY, Ariz. — A 78-year-old man was involved in a car crash after he drove the wrong way on Loop 303 Monday night.
The man was being pursued by Peoria Police when he drove a Nissan Sentra north on the southbound lanes of Loop 303 at milepost 126 near Sun City, police said.
Officials said a driver in a Tesla tried to swerve to avoid the collision but was still hit head-on by the man in the Nissan. One of the cars came to a stop in the median and the other in a different lane, according to authorities.
Authorities said the man driving the Nissan has dementia and was taken to a nearby hospital after the crash. The other driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The identities of both men were not immediately released. We will update this story if more information becomes available.
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