Greenland Woman Charged with DWI After Crash

A local woman was arrested earlier this morning after a crash on Route 16 in Rochester, according to New Hampshire State Police.

Jessica Starkey, 22, of Greenland, was arrested on March 25, 2015, and charged with felony reckless conduct and DWI.

According to police, troopers were sent to an area near Exit 12 on Route 16 in Rochester for a motor vehicle crash at about 2:45 a.m. this morning.

A Ford Ranger pickup traveling south was in the northbound lanes south of Exit 13.

“The driver, identified as Jessica Starkey, age 22, of Greenland, lost control of the vehicle and drove over the cement island that separates Route 16 south from the Exit 12 northbound on-ramp,” according to Trooper Matthew Amatucci. “The vehicle then rotated counter-clockwise and came to final rest facing north in a snowbank on the eastern side of the on-ramp. It does not appear that any other vehicles were involved, and there were no injuries reported at the scene.”

After an investigation into the crash, Starkey was taken into custody and charged. She was placed into protective custody and transported to the Strafford House of Corrections. Starkey is due in court on May 6.

Amatucci is asking anyone with information about the crash to call 603-223-8490.

Editor’s note: This post was derived from information supplied by the New Hampshire State Police. It does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a New Hampshire Patch police report.