Watch: car driving in the wrong direction on A303 on Boxing Day with Hampshire police investigating crash
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Officers were called after at 6.48pm on Monday 26 December to reports that a car was travelling in the wrong direction on the A303 westbound.
Social media users caught the terrifying incident on video, with clips posted online.
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Hide AdOne person posted on social media and said: ‘I have just spent a lovely day with my daughter and granddaughter but I nearly didn’t make it home.
‘Passing Andover on the A303 I encountered a car driving the wrong way down my carriageway. Thankfully I was in light traffic at the time.’
Police are now investigating a two-car collision that occurred shortly after the incident, causing minor damage to both vehicles.
No injuries were reported.
A spokeswoman from Hampshire Constaulary said :’We attended and enquiries into the circumstances of the collision are ongoing.’