‘Shocking video’: Driver narrowly avoids crash after going wrong-way on Hwy. 401
Posted Sep 17, 2025 12:36:18 PM.
Last Updated Sep 18, 2025 03:43:44 AM.
A 21-year-old Toronto driver is facing several charges, including dangerous driving, after going the wrong way and almost colliding head-on with another vehicle on Highway 401 in Milton.
Provincial police say dashcam footage shows a driver going eastbound in the westbound lanes of the highway near James Snow Parkway just before 6 p.m. on September 7. The vehicle had sideswiped several other cars and avoided a head-on crash before crashing into a light pole. The driver attempted to flee the scene before police caught up with him.
“This shocking video could have easily resulted in a fatal collision,” said OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt.
“Fortunately, the drivers involved here were not injured. The were able to take evasive action and avoid a head-on collision.”
The driver is facing criminal charges of dangerous driving, failing to remain at the scene of a collision and driving the wrong way on a divided highway.
Schmidt adds that further charges are pending as the driver’s sobriety at the time of the incident is being investigated.
