Traffic & Transit
State Police Intercept Wrong-Way Driver In Mansfield
A wrong-way driver caught in Mansfield was drunk, state police said.
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.
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He was charged with driving under the influence and failure to drive in the proper lane.
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