Idiot of the Week: Another Intoxicated NH Wrong-way driver

In New England, particularly New Hampshire, there seems to be an outbreak of people who get drunk and drive recklessly at high speeds on the highways. Some of which drive the wrong way on the highways, killing innocent people. New Hampshire police have been cracking down on these idiots lately, and today's blog is about one of the latest people who did just that, AND drove the wrong way on the highway.

 

Wrong-way driver from Bow charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless behavior 

Staff Report Dec 1, 2024 , Union Leader

A Bow man was arrested on charges of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated after driving the wrong way on Interstates 293 and 93, State Police said.

At 12:37 a.m. on Sunday, New Hampshire State Police received reports of a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes on I-293 in Manchester near mile marker 7.4, according to a news release. More reports came in as the wrong-way driver continued northbound in the southbound lanes on I-93 in Hooksett, the release states.

A single-vehicle crash with non-life-threatening injuries south of the Hooksett tolls was also reported after another driver attempted to avoid a head-on collision with the wrong-way driver and went off the road, State Police said.

The wrong-way driver, Brian Kunst, 49, of Bow, continued in the opposite direction until he was successfully stopped by a state trooper on I-93 in Concord. After a roadside investigation, Kunst was arrested on multiple charges.

Kunst was held at the Merrimack County Department of Corrections and was ordered to appear in Concord District Court on Monday.