Wrong-way driver and two passengers arrested after chaotic traffic stop on I-84

Three women were arrested during a traffic stop after a trooper observed a wrong-way driver on Interstate 84 in Hartford while responding to a crash on Monday night.

Troopers assigned to Troop H in Hartford were responding to I-84 East in the area of Exit 46 around 10:35 p.m. for a report of a collision, according to the Connecticut State Police. A responding trooper entering I-84 East via the Exit 44 entrance ramp reportedly observed a silver Jeep Compass driving west in the eastbound lanes, state police said.