Woman seriously hurt in crash after driver goes wrong way on Claremont Access

A woman in her mid-60s was seriously hurt in a head-on crash after a driver went the wrong way up the Claremont Access on Tuesday night.

Hamilton police were called to the crash just before 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 4 for a report of a driver going up the downbound lanes of the Claremont.

He swerved to miss several cars, apparently without attempting to turn around, police said, adding he then struck a vehicle head-on.

The driver of the downbound vehicle, a woman in her mid-60s, was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the upbound vehicle, a man in his early 20s, is charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

Impairment was not a factor in the crash, police said.

Nicole O'Reilly is a crime and justice reporter at The Spectator. noreilly@thespec.com