Terrifying footage shared on social media showed the truck driving against traffic on US 61 near Troy, Missouri around 8am on Wednesday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The truck nearly collided with several other cars before finally crossing the median on to the correct side of the road, when it was stopped by police.
The driver, whose name has not been released, had obtained a commercial driver’s license from Minnesota, NewsNation reported.
Police said the driver showed no signs of impairment or medical issues and determined the trucker was going the wrong way because they could not read the road signs.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy addressed the ‘disturbing’ incident in a post on X.
‘We have learned that a truck driver with a Minnesota CDL who couldn’t read basic road signs spent MILES driving the wrong way in an 80 TON truck,’ Duffy wrote.
‘Thanks to Missouri law enforcement, this dangerous trucker is now out of service.’
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