MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The driver of the semi-truck driving the wrong way on the Interstate 55 bridge faces a list of charges including driving while intoxicated, Arkansas State Police said Friday.

Police identified the driver as John Vosburgh, 75, of Kentucky.

He was detained and charged with reckless driving, driving the wrong way on one-way roadway, refusal to submit to arrest, fail to obey police officer, refusal to submit to a chemical test and driving while intoxicated.

According to state police, they responded to the call on the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge at 10:12 a.m. Tuesday.

When they arrived on the bridge, one of the state troopers said he knocked on the passenger side window and the driver slightly rolled it down.

Then the officer stated he told him to turn the tractor-trailer off

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