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Wrong-way driver leads to long chase

ROCHESTER, Pa. - State police say a man driving a car with New Jersey plates traveled the wrong way on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for nearly 10 miles before troopers stopped his car by ramming it into a barrier.

ROCHESTER, Pa. - State police say a man driving a car with New Jersey plates traveled the wrong way on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for nearly 10 miles before troopers stopped his car by ramming it into a barrier.

Lt. James McFadden says nobody was injured - including the driver - who will face aggravated assault and other charges for causing "three or four crashes."

The man was driving eastward in the westbound lanes before he was stopped near mile marker 21, about 20 miles west of Pittsburgh.

KDKA-TV interviewed the man as he sat handcuffed in the back of a patrol car. The man told a reporter, "Yeah, I'm fine. All good," before saying, "I have no clue" when asked what happened.

- Associated Press