Lebanon Man Accused Of Wrong-Way Drunk Driving On Interstate 89

CONCORD, NH — A Lebanon man was arrested Sunday on several charges after being accused of wrong-way driving on Interstate 89.

Around 12:45 a.m., New Hampshire State Police received reports of a vehicle driving south in the northbound lanes of the highway, according to Lt. Chad Lavoie of Troop D. Troopers were able to locate the vehicle near Exit 5 in Hopkinton. They set up a rolling roadblock "in order to prevent northbound traffic to continue into the path of the wrong way driver," he said.

"(A trooper) was able to deploy stop sticks and successfully deflated both tires on the driver's side of the vehicle," Lavoie stated. "However, the vehicle failed to stop and continued southbound."

More troopers "converged quickly" upon the vehicle and stopped it at Mile Marker 4.2, just north of the Exit 3 in Concord.

The driver, Robert McCullen, 26, of Lebanon was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, disobeying an officer, and felony reckless conduct. He will be arraigned in Merrimack County Superior Court at a later date.

Any witnesses or anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Trooper Kenneth McGrath at 603-227-0088 or email at Kenneth.T.McGrath@dos.nh.gov.

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