MANSFIELD, CT — State police last week intercepted a wrong-way driver, who is now facing a drunken driving charge.
According to an arrest report, at 11:07 a.m. on Oct. 20, state troopers responded to reports of a vehicle heading east on the wrong side of Route 44.
State police found the vehicle stopped and the driver, a 45-year-old man from Uncasville, then failed field sobriety tests and was taken into custody, according to an arrest report.
He was charged with driving under the influence and failure to drive in the proper lane.
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