Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe CHICAGO, May 2 (UPI) -- An Illinois man driving his car the wrong way on a busy highway was not only drunk, police say, but also distracted -- by the text message he was busy sending. Raymond A. Dryier, 40, faces trial on charges including drunk driving, wrong-way driving and operation of a vehicle while texting, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday. Advertisement Dryier was spotted by an officer on routine patrol early Thursday. "What really drew his attention to this guy was that he was (driving) northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 59 for 20 or 30 feet," Police Sgt. Gregg Bell said. Dryier allegedly disobeyed a traffic sign entering Route 59 in Aurora, Ill., and drove over the median before being pulled over, Bell said. "As the officer approached (Dryier) in his vehicle, he found the driver was texting on his phone." Dryier allegedly denied having driven north in Route 59's southbound lanes "but he did apologize for the texting," Bell said.
