A Massachusetts man was arrested after driving the wrong way on Interstate 293 around Manchester and has been charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, among other things. No vehicular accident was involved.
The incident began shortly before midnight on Sunday when troopers assigned to the Troop B barracks received a report of a wrong-way driver on I-293 in the area of Exit 2 in Manchester. The vehicle was reported to be a white pickup truck, driving at a high rate of speed northbound in the southbound lanes of travel.
The truck was seen and stopped shortly after by state police at mile marker 10.4 in Hooksett.
The driver, Thomas Burke, 39, of Lowell, Mass., was taken into custody on charges of felony reckless conduct, aggravated driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and open container of marijuana. He is scheduled to appear in Hooksett District Court on Thursday.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has additional information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Trooper Kevin Barry at Kevin.J.Barry@dos.nh.gov.
