Crime & Safety
Cops: New Britain Woman, 26, Wrong-Way Driver: WATCH
Police say Katelyn T. Knopf was drunk as she drove the wrong way on Route 9, and then onto I-91 South driving north. There's video.
ROCKY HILL, CT — State police say it was around 2:30 in the morning Sunday when they were called to a report of a wrong way driver traveling south in the northbound lane of Route 9 in Rocky Hill.
Connecticut State Police from Troop H say they found 26-year-old Katelyn T. Knopf driving on I-91 South "traveling north in the southbound lane in the left lane of three. Troopers were able to stop" her vehicle.
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Police said she failed sobriety tests and was arrested.
Knopf was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, driving under the influence, driving the wrong way on a highway, and two counts of drinking while driving.
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Knopf, of 62 Pierremount Ave., in New Britain, was given a $1,500 bail. She's due in court April 2.
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