Couple, 100 and 99, drove wrong way on highway

[June 04, 2008]  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Police say an elderly couple, aged 100 and 99, who drove the wrong way along a highway for more than a mile in New Zealand before crashing will probably be asked to surrender their driver's licenses.

Police spokeswoman Kaye Calder said the duo amazingly managed to dodge oncoming vehicles during their wrong-way jaunt Sunday on New Zealand's busiest highway near the capital, Wellington.

Their vehicle eventually collided with on oncoming car. They suffered minor injuries.

Calder said Tuesday the pair are unlikely to face charges and that police are still trying to determine who was driving the car at the time of the incident and how they ended up going the wrong way.

[Associated Press]

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