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#news The trucker who was driving the wrong direction on a highway has been identified as a Somali migrant who works for a company registered in Minnesota to "Abdiwali Ahmed" - a company that is run out of an apartment and logged 81K miles last year. #Minnesota The Somali migrant truck driver was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 61 in Missouri in the Northbound lanes for miles before correcting course.#Somalia He was driving at around 50 mph, and forced multiple vehicles to swerve out of his way.Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers eventually pulled the Somali migrant driver of the truck over after it used a crossover to switch directions.#Missouri During the stop, troopers gave Ibrahim Ali an English proficiency test, which he failed.He couldn't even identify standard road signs.Even so, he was given a valid CDL issued by Minnesota.Details:T🔺️he company was registered in 2023 to owner Abdiwali Ahmed, also a Somali migrant🔺️The company employs two drivers but logged 81,000 miles in 2024 alone🔺️Ali faces misdemeanor charges for driving the wrong way on a divided highway and operating a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, but he was not arrested, instead, a no-bond warrant was requested, allowing him to walk free.#ChristinaAguayoNews