A New Hampshire man was arrested after driving the incorrect means on Interstate 93 throughout Thursday’s storm, putting and damaging a number of different automobiles.
State police mentioned they obtained a report of a pickup truck driving north within the southbound lanes of I-93 in Harmony simply north of Exit 16 round 4 p.m. Thursday. Troopers responded and labored with native companies to sluggish site visitors alongside the freeway whereas they looked for the wrong-way driver.
A winter storm was shifting by the realm on the time and I-93 was partially coated with snow.
Further stories had been obtained from different drivers because the pickup truck continued north within the southbound lanes.
Inside minutes, a trooper slowing site visitors in an try to forestall a head-on crash encountered the blue pickup truck, which was nonetheless driving within the incorrect route. He activated his emergency lights, however the driver did not cease, driving across the trooper and a line of different automobiles.
Quickly after, troopers discovered that the wrong-way driver had struck two southbound automobiles and continued north within the southbound lanes with out stopping. A number of minutes later, a trooper was in a position to cease site visitors forward of the wrong-way pickup and used their cruiser to dam the fitting lane and breakdown lane and deployed a tire deflation gadget within the left lane. Three of the pickup truck’s tires had been deflated, and the pickup ultimately got here to a cease within the high-speed lane.
The motive force of the pickup truck, recognized as Matthew Burt, 33, of Harmony, was taken into custody and charged with aggravated driving underneath the affect, two counts of felony reckless conduct with a lethal weapon, two counts of conduct after an accident, disobeying an officer, reckless operation and driving an unregistered car. He was held on the Merrimack County Jail pending arraignment.
State police mentioned Burt drove no less than 12 miles within the incorrect route on I-93 earlier than he was stopped, inflicting injury to a few automobiles. The drivers of these automobiles had been evaluated on scene by emergency medical providers as a precaution however didn’t undergo severe accidents.
Anybody with extra details about the incident is inspired to contact Trooper Ben Olmstead at Benjamin.M.Olmstead@dos.nh.gov.
