Man Arrested After Stolen Car Crash on I-93 in Windham

WINDHAM, NH — A local man was arrested and held on cash bail after allegedly recklessly driving on I-93 in a stolen vehicle and then crashing into a construction sign, according to New Hampshire State Police. Victor Rosario, 24, of Nashua, was arrested on Oct. 19, 2016, and charged with receiving stolen property, conduct after an accident and operating after suspension-subsequent.

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A New Hampshire State Police trooper working a construction detail on I-93 North near the Windham scales was told about a crash just north of his location and went to the scene, according to a report. When he arrived, the trooper found a vehicle in the breakdown lane with extensive front-end damage but no driver.

“Several other motorists who had witnessed the crash alerted (the trooper) that the male driver fled the scene into the woods on the east side of the Interstate,” according to Staff Sgt. Bryan Trask of the NHSP. “They provided a detailed description of the driver to (the trooper) who then in turn alerted other state police units as well as the Windham Police Department units in the area.”

While police were hunting for the driver, the trooper at the scene found out that the Honda Civic was stolen from Lowell, MA, according to Trask. Witnesses alleged that the Civic was “weaving through traffic at a high rate of speed as it was passing other vehicles,” and was allegedly “attempting to pass traffic in the left breakdown lane at a high rate of speed when the driver crashed into a portable electronic construction sign.”

Windham officers and a sergeant located a man matching the description of the driver – later identified as Rosario – on Ludlow Road and arrested him.

Rosario was held on cash bail and will be arraigned in Salem District Court on Oct. 20.

This incident remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call Trooper First Class Kieren Fagan or Trooper First Class Michael Berntsen at 603-223-4381.