Wrong-Way Driver Arrested For Impairment, Other Charges

SALEM, N.H. – A Massachusetts woman is facing multiple charges after driving the wrong way on Interstate 93.

At around 10:45 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, Trooper William Moran of the Troop B barracks noticed a car traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of I-93, near Exit 1 in Salem. Trooper Moran drove on the northbound side, parallel to the wrong-way vehicle, before using a crossover and successfully stopping the driver near Exit 2.

The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was identified as Deirdre Masi, 49, of Lowell, Massachusetts. She was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated – subsequent offense, reckless conduct – deadly weapon, reckless driving and criminal threatening.

Masi was held on preventative detention at the Rockingham County Department of Corrections pending an arraignment scheduled for today in Salem District Court.