New Hampshire State Police Accuse Mass. Man Of Wrong-Way Intoxicated Driving on I-293

HOOKSETT, NH — A man from Massachusetts was arrested on Sunday night on several wrong-way intoxication charges, according to New Hampshire State Police.

Around 11:45 p.m., troopers began receiving reports about a wrong-way driver on Interstate 293 south near Exit 2 in Manchester. The driver was in a white pickup truck and speeding north in the southbound lane. Troopers from two troops began searching for the vehicle, according to a report.

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Not long after, a trooper saw the vehicle “driving head-on toward him” and stopped the pickup truck driver near Mile Marker 10.4 in Hooksett.

The driver, Thomas Burke, 39, of Lowell, MA, was arrested and charged with felony reckless conduct, aggravated driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, and open container-marijuana. He is due in Hooksett District Court on Dec. 3.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or might have additional information about the investigation was asked to contact Trooper Kevin Barry at kevin.j.barry@dos.nh.gov.

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