Wrong-Way Driver Arrested

CANTERBURY, New Hampshire – On July 30, 2023, at approximately 12:30 a.m., State Police received multiple reports of a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes on I-93 between mile markers 41-44 in the city of Concord.

A short time later, a Trooper from the New Hampshire State Police Troop D barracks located the vehicle on I-93 at mile marker 45 in the town of Canterbury. The trooper was able to successfully stop the motor vehicle in the left lane and made contact with the lone operator. 

After a roadside investigation, the operator who was identified as: 

Jose Galindo Mendoza 
Age: 45 
Canterbury, NH 

was arrested for reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, open container and operating without a valid license.

Mendoza was bailed and released but is due to appear at the Merrimack Superior Court on August 24, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. 

New Hampshire State Police Troop D was assisted on scene by the Concord Police Department and Penacook Rescue.