Boston Man Arrested In NH On Drunken Driving Charge After Crash

MANCHESTER, NH — A Massachusetts man was arrested on a felony drunken driving charge Sunday after a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 293 in Manchester, according to New Hampshire State Police.

Just before 2 a.m., state troopers were sent to the northbound side of the highway by the Granite Street overpass for an accident report. According to Lt. Bryan Trask of Troop B, Paul A. Bartlett Jr., 31, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, was accused of driving a Nissan Maxima on the southbound side of the highway "at a high rate of speed." He then accused Bartlett of rear-ending a 2008 Toyota RAV4 being driven by a Manchester man.

"That crash sent (the RAV4 driver) into the guardrail on the overpass and sent Bartlett across the median and onto the northbound side of the highway where he then crashed, head on, into a 2009 Nissan Titan," Trask said.

The pickup was driven by a Manchester man. He and the driver of the RAV4 received minor injuries and were treated. A passenger in Bartlett's vehicle, another Dorchester man, received serious injuries and was taken to Elliot Hospital.

Bartlett was charged with felony driving while intoxicated.

Trask said the crash is still under investigation and troopers were assisted by Manchester police and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. The highway was closed for about three hours.

Anyone with information relating to the crash is asked to contact Trooper R. Lacroix at 603-223-4381.

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