A wrong-way driver is facing operating under the influence charges after a crash on Route 128 Monday morning, Massachusetts State Police said. WCVB crews witnessed the incident around 2:30 a.m. The black Porsche was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 128.A WCVB photographer arrived as the incident was coming to an end and captured Massachusetts State Police having the vehicle towed after it crashed into the center median near exit 54A in Woburn. No injuries were reported, and no other vehicles were involved. Massachusetts State Police said the driver, John Tarshi, 25, of Lawrence, was taken into custody and charged with OUI liquor. Last month, Gov. Maura Healey said the state would invest $50-$75 million in an effort to improve wrong-way safety at more than 500 additional locations across the state.The initiative has been in development for about a year, following several fatal incidents involving wrong-way drivers that include the deaths of Trooper Kevin Trainor on May 6, Gloucester High School student Christopher Dailey and Endicott College Sgt. Jeremy Cole.”We are introducing new signs that are lit up with flashing LEDs that you can’t miss, and we are adding new sensors that alert law enforcement when a wrong-way driver is traveling down the road. This is cutting-edge technology,” Healey said in June.Pavement markings will be replaced and expanded, ramp designs are being improved and more signs will be put in place on ramps and roadways.Massachusetts State Police said troopers have responded to 680 calls about wrong-way drivers from June 2024 through June 2026. What to do if you see a wrong-way driver, advice from MSP:Stay out of the left laneDrive in the right laneGet off the highwayCall 911

READING, Mass. —

A wrong-way driver is facing operating under the influence charges after a crash on Route 128 Monday morning, Massachusetts State Police said.

WCVB crews witnessed the incident around 2:30 a.m. The black Porsche was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 128.

A WCVB photographer arrived as the incident was coming to an end and captured Massachusetts State Police having the vehicle towed after it crashed into the center median near exit 54A in Woburn. No injuries were reported, and no other vehicles were involved.

Massachusetts State Police said the driver, John Tarshi, 25, of Lawrence, was taken into custody and charged with OUI liquor.

Last month, Gov. Maura Healey said the state would invest $50-$75 million in an effort to improve wrong-way safety at more than 500 additional locations across the state.

The initiative has been in development for about a year, following several fatal incidents involving wrong-way drivers that include the deaths of Trooper Kevin Trainor on May 6, Gloucester High School student Christopher Dailey and Endicott College Sgt. Jeremy Cole.

“We are introducing new signs that are lit up with flashing LEDs that you can’t miss, and we are adding new sensors that alert law enforcement when a wrong-way driver is traveling down the road. This is cutting-edge technology,” Healey said in June.

Pavement markings will be replaced and expanded, ramp designs are being improved and more signs will be put in place on ramps and roadways.

Massachusetts State Police said troopers have responded to 680 calls about wrong-way drivers from June 2024 through June 2026.

What to do if you see a wrong-way driver, advice from MSP:Stay out of the left laneDrive in the right laneGet off the highwayCall 911