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Scene of Thurday's DWI arrest of a Massachusetts man at the Hooksett Tolls. (Jeffrey Hastings photo)
HOOKSETT - A Massachusetts man was charged Thursday with drunken driving after a crash at the Hooksett Toll Plaza.
The incident unfolded around 6:20 a.m. whe State Police dispatch received a report of a white, four-door sedan with a Massachusetts registration traveling erratically on Interstate 93 northbound in Londonderry.
The driver was observed changing lanes aggressively, passing vehicles in the breakdown lane, and speeding over 100 mph, according to a Dept. of Safety release. Additional reports indicated the sedan may have struck other cars along the highway.
About an hour later, NHSP dispatch received additional reports of a vehicle matching the same description exhibiting similar dangerous driving behaviors traveling southbound on I-93 in Northfield.
A few minutes later a single-vehicle crash was reported on I-93 southbound in Hooksett promting the arrival of treeopers at the scene where they found a 2018 Audi S4 had crashed into the center barrier between the open road toll lanes and the cash toll booths. Troopers also learned the Audi caught fire following the crash, but the driver was able to get out of the car. Several passing motorists stopped to render aid and helped extinguish the fire.
The preliminary investigation determined that the driver of the Audi, identified as Tyler Murphy, 27, of Rockland, Mass., displayed signs of alcohol impairment. Murphy was transported to a local hospital for treatment of nonlife threatening injuries and was later arrested on charges of aggravated DWI, open container, and resisting arrest.
He is scheduled to appear in Hooksett District Court on Aug. 7.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact Trooper Jacob Plourde at (603) 451-9329 or Jacob.J.Plourde@DOS.NH.GOV.
The incident unfolded around 6:20 a.m. whe State Police dispatch received a report of a white, four-door sedan with a Massachusetts registration traveling erratically on Interstate 93 northbound in Londonderry.
The driver was observed changing lanes aggressively, passing vehicles in the breakdown lane, and speeding over 100 mph, according to a Dept. of Safety release. Additional reports indicated the sedan may have struck other cars along the highway.
About an hour later, NHSP dispatch received additional reports of a vehicle matching the same description exhibiting similar dangerous driving behaviors traveling southbound on I-93 in Northfield.
A few minutes later a single-vehicle crash was reported on I-93 southbound in Hooksett promting the arrival of treeopers at the scene where they found a 2018 Audi S4 had crashed into the center barrier between the open road toll lanes and the cash toll booths. Troopers also learned the Audi caught fire following the crash, but the driver was able to get out of the car. Several passing motorists stopped to render aid and helped extinguish the fire.
The preliminary investigation determined that the driver of the Audi, identified as Tyler Murphy, 27, of Rockland, Mass., displayed signs of alcohol impairment. Murphy was transported to a local hospital for treatment of nonlife threatening injuries and was later arrested on charges of aggravated DWI, open container, and resisting arrest.
He is scheduled to appear in Hooksett District Court on Aug. 7.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact Trooper Jacob Plourde at (603) 451-9329 or Jacob.J.Plourde@DOS.NH.GOV.
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