In a twist of irony, a drunken driver found himself dialing 911 not to report an emergency, but to turn himself in to the police.
According to a Facebook post by the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, the man dialed 911 to alert officials about what he believed was another driver traveling in the wrong direction on the highway.
Authorities went out to look for a reckless driver, but it turned out, the individual who made the call was actually the one driving on the wrong side of the road.
The sheriff's office shared a video of the incident, along with the audio recording of the caller's 911 conversation.
As per authorities, the driver had a blood alcohol content over twice the legal limit.
“Thankfully a Lancaster County Sheriff’s deputy was able to arrest this driver before anyone was seriously hurt,” reads the Facebook post.
‘Transcription’
“I’m on Highway 77 going north and there is somebody that is on the wrong side of the road,” the driver says in a recording of the 911 call. He added that the other driver “almost ran me off the road.”
“That was gnarly,” he said. “That was like, a lot.”
The video then shows the unidentified driver being pulled over by a police officer.
“Do you know why I stopped you?” asks the officer.
“Yeah, because I was on the wrong side of the road,” admits the driver.
