Police say a wrong way driver is to blame for an accident on Highway 151 at Military on the city's northwest side early this morning that left the wrong way driver dead, and two other people hospitalized, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports.
Police on the scene say a woman was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of 151 when she slammed head on into a construction vehicle.The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Another person in her pickup and a man in the construction vehicle were both rushed to the hospial.
The accident forced both lanes of 151 to be closed, snarling rush hour traffic.
Police don't know why the woman was driving the wrong way.