Rhode Island Man Rolls Range Rover, Flees Crash Scene, Charged With Reckless Conduct, NH State Police Say

CONCORD, NH — A man from Rhode Island was arrested and held on preventive detention early Sunday morning after a crash on Interstate 95, according to New Hampshire State Police.

Around 1 a.m., troopers were sent to an SUV crash in an active construction zone on the northbound side of the highway in Greenland. When they arrived, they found a 2018 Range Rover Velar in the median nearly Mile Marker 10.8.

“The preliminary investigation determined that the Range Rover had been traveling northbound on I-95 when, for reasons that remain under investigation, the driver lost control of the vehicle and went through the center median before rolling into the southbound lanes of I-95 and ultimately coming to a stop in the center median,” a report stated. “After the crash, the driver fled on foot into the woods on the southbound side of I-95.”

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State police requested the K-9 and special enforcement units, and just before 2 a.m., found the driver, Oliver Denelle, 26, of Narragansett, RI, walking on a utility access road in a wooded area next to the highway, according to state police. He was arrested and charged with reckless conduct, reckless operation, conduct after an accident, resisting arrest or detention, and operating without a valid license. Denelle was held on preventive detention at the Rockingham County Jail and arraigned in Portsmouth District Court on Monday.

State police said the highway was closed for about 30 minutes during the cleanup and removal of the SUV.

Troopers were assisted on the scene by members of the Greenland, North Hampton, Newington, and Portsmouth police departments, Greenland firefighters, Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office, and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.

Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Trooper Patrick Vetter at patrick.r.vetter@dos.nh.gov.

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