first val verde speeds up to get ahead of the wrong-way driver.drive across the bumpy median. >> i was going about 75 miles an hour. the median is not the best place to try and drive a vehicle through. it's rough. there's rocks. there's holes. i lost control of my vehicle. >> to regain control, val verde is forced to pull back onto the highway. he's lost speed, and the wrong-way driver is way out ahead of him. so val verde stomps on the accelerator again. >> there was also a highway department truck who was also going westbound who had his lights on to help attract the attention of the oncoming motorists. >> val verde passes the wrong-way driver again, but time is running out. then he sees what he's been dreading, an oncoming car straight in the path of the wrong-way driver. >> it was a cadillac, just two couples. again, i saw the driver just lean over and was making a comment to the passenger. and that's the last thing i saw. >> he's heart sick, powerless to prevent a collision. >> i saw the impact of the vehicles in my rear view mirror, and it w