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Wrong-way driver arrested in Concord, NH, facing charges including intoxicated driving

Authorities were able to stop the vehicle and make contact with the driver a short time later

New Hampshire State Police arrested a wrong-way driver in Concord overnight who was allegedly driving intoxicated with an open container in his vehicle.

State police say they responded to reports of a driver traveling northbound in a southbound lane on Interstate 93 around 12:30 a.m. Sunday.

Authorities were able to stop the vehicle and make contact with the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle.

The driver, identified as 45-year-old Jose Galindo Mendoza, of Canterbury, NH, was arrested for reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, open container and operating without a valid license.

Galindo was released on bail and is due in court on Aug. 24.

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