18-wheeler speeding the wrong direction on highway was driven by — you guessed it

Somali trucker with Minnesota CDL busted driving wrong way down highway failed English test and couldn’t read road signs

Somali trucker with Minnesota CDL busted driving wrong way down highway failed English test and couldn’t read road signs | 27 Feb 2026 | A Somali driver caught barreling an “80-ton truck” the wrong way down a Missouri highway failed an English proficiency test — and wasn’t able to read road signs, authorities said. The trucker was filmed driving south in the northbound lanes on Highway 61 near Troy, about 55 miles outside of St. Louis, at 8 a.m.…

18-wheeler speeding the wrong direction on highway was driven by — you guessed it

The suspected driver of the 18-wheeler filmed on Wednesday speeding in the wrong direction down a stretch of highway in Missouri has been identified as a Minnesota-based Somali migrant.Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Wood indicated that while he was not immediately taken into custody, Abdiasis Ibrahim Ali, 38, has been charged with driving the wrong direction on a divided highway and operating a motor vehicle in a careless manner.'He wa…

Somali trucker busted driving wrong way down highway failed English test and couldn’t read road signs

A Somali driver caught barreling an “80-ton truck” the wrong way down a Missouri highway failed an English proficiency test

UPDATE: Truck driver who drove wrong way on northern Missouri highway charged with two misdemeanors

Prosecutors in northern Missouri’s Lincoln County have reportedly charged the truck driver accused of driving the wrong way this week on Highway 61 with two misdemeanors. The incident has drawn national attention and reaction from U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Missouri’s governor and members of Congress. The “Lincoln County Journal” in Troy reports Prosecutor Mike Wood’s office has charged 38-year-old Abdiasis Abrahim Ali with drivin…