MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The driver of a big rig drove the wrong direction on the eastbound lanes of the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge, stopping traffic Tuesday morning.
Video captured by drivers shows the Raj Transportation truck driver trying to go forward on the Interstate 55 bridge with vehicles facing him head-on, before he was detained by Arkansas State Police.
Raleigh Cupples said she was crossing the bridge from Arkansas to Tennessee for work around 10 when traffic came to a standstill.
She said she saw a truck in front of her switch lanes, and that's when she realized a semi-truck was driving in her direction.
"My immediate thought was that another truck is pulling this truck. You know, you see that all the time on the interstate. Then I noticed a man was in the front seat driving," said C