Elderly woman late for the dentist causes four accidents by driving on the wrong side of the road

An elderly woman caused four accidents and countless near heart attacks by speeding the wrong way down a motorway.

A motorist travelling in the same direction - but on the correct side of the road - pulled alongside the daredevil granny and filmed her astounding jouey.

Cars can be seen weaving out of the way, trying desperately to avoid a head on collision.

Amazingly, the 84-year-old woman avoided being hit, but police said four other cars were involved in accidents after the incident in Pennsylvania. 

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Despite other motorists flashing their lights and sounding their hos, the woman continued driving the wrong way for several miles until stopping and miraculously crossing lanes of oncoming traffic to take an exit.

Shocked motorist Tim Fleming shot footage of the woman on his mobile phone as he pulled alongside her while she drove at least 50mph on the I-95 motorway.

He said he tried to attract her attention by sounding his ho and waving his arm at her. But he said the woman,who has not yet been been named, waved at him to leave her alone and continued on her jouey.

Police later traced the woman to her home in Delaware after her daughter saw the footage of the incident on TV and recognised the car.

The elderly woman told officers she was on her way to a dentist appointment and was not aware of doing anything wrong.

Astounded witness: Tim Fleming, who captured the woman's driving on his phone, shows how she had her hands rigidly on the wheel and looked straight ahead

But Mr Fleming said there was an element of bloody-mindedness about the woman's actions.

He said she had her hands rigidly on the wheel and kept staring straight ahead - despite his and other drivers' attempts to get her attention.

He said: 'I thought I was going to see people die, I seriously thought I was going to see people die.

'I saw cars swerving around her, she wouldn't stop and I yelled at her again I waved my arm at her again. She waved at me to leave her alone... like, "I know what I'm doing".'

Pennsylvania State Police say the out-of-control driver caused at least four accidents, including one driver who slammed into a bridge overpass.

The irresponsible woman's family said they had taken away her car keys, and the police said they were considered filing charges.

Mr Fleming said: 'There were hundreds of people who were extremely lucky that they didn't die.'

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