France .. A woman drives her car 60 km in the opposite direction along a highway

A 71-year-old French woman was reported to have driven 60 kilometers in the opposite direction on a motorway in France before being stopped by police.

According to a report in West France newspaper, the woman was stopped by police on motorbikes, who was unharmed late Friday.

Police closed part of the road, but it took them an hour and a half to stop the woman on the A11 motorway in western France.

There were no accidents, but the police are investigating the incident.