NHSP Accuse Boston Man Of Driving 120 MPH On I-89 While Drunk

CONCORD, NH — A Boston man is due in court later this month after New Hampshire State Police accused of him of drunk driving on I-89 – while reaching speeds as high as 120 mph. At around 3:45 p.m. on Friday, a trooper monitoring traffic from a state police aircraft as part of the department's special enforcement unit saw a vehicle traveling at "an extremely high rate of speed" on the southbound side of I-89. The posted rate of speed on that section of the highway is 65 mph.

The trooper in the air radioed colleagues on the ground while the vehicle – a 2013 Audi Q5 – reportedly raced by one of the troopers. The vehicle was stopped in Concord and the driver, Rory Walsh, 36, of Boston, MA, was questioned.

"The troopers suspected that Walsh was impaired by alcohol," noted Lt. Sean Haggerty of the NHSP. "Walsh submitted to standardized field sobriety testing and was subsequently arrested for aggravated driving while intoxicated."

Haggerty stated that troopers also found an open container of alcohol inside the vehicle.

Walsh is due in Concord District Court on June 21.

The NHSP Special Enforcement Unit, Haggerty added, "regularly interdicts elevated speed violations and other aggressive driving behaviors." Its members patrol the state, often using aircraft, during commuting hours and holidays in an effort to keep the state's roads and Interstates safe for residents and visitors.

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