A New Hampshire man was arrested after driving the wrong way on Interstate 93 during a storm, damaging multiple vehicles. State police received reports of a pickup truck driving north in the southbound lanes and worked to slow traffic while searching for the driver. The pickup truck struck two southbound vehicles before eventually being stopped after troopers deployed a tire deflation device.
A New Hampshire man was arrested after driving the wrong way on Interstate 93 during Thursday's storm, striking and damaging multiple other vehicles.
Within minutes, a trooper slowing traffic in an attempt to prevent a head-on crash encountered the blue pickup truck, which was still driving in the wrong direction. He activated his emergency lights, but the driver failed to stop, driving around the trooper and a line of other vehicles. The driver of the pickup truck, identified as Matthew Burt, 33, of Concord, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated driving under the influence, two counts of felony reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, two counts of conduct after an accident, disobeying an officer, reckless operation and driving an unregistered vehicle. He was held at the Merrimack County Jail pending arraignment.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE RECKLESS CONDUCT WRONG WAY DRIVING CAR ACCIDENT STORM
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