"Four dead after crash near I-93, I-293
Four people who had been reported missing Saturday were found dead yesterday near the Interstate 93 and Interstate 293 split in Manchester, N.H., New England Cable News reported. The car containing the victims was found in the woods around 2 p.m., police said. Part of I-293 South was closed off for much of the afternoon, according to WCVB-TV. The car had to be cut apart by crews to remove it from the heavily wooded area. The names of the victims were not immediately available yesterday, because relatives had not been notified.
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"N.H. police search for clues in weekend crash that killed 4; Lowell man is among victims" by John M. Guilfoil and John R. Ellement, Globe Staff | September 14, 2010
Police in New Hampshire are still searching for an explanation for why a car veered off Interstate 293 this weekend, killing all four occupants when it crashed into a wooded median strip....
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"Speed believed a factor in N.H. crash; Autopsies indicate men died instantly; Details emerge of daylong search" by John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff | September 15, 2010
New Hampshire State Police believe the driver was speeding before a horrific weekend crash that killed four men, including a 25-year-old Lowell man, and set off a daylong search by family and friends....
When the four men failed to show up for work and family obligations Saturday morning, a cavalcade of parents, siblings, cousins, and friends took to area highways as well as online in an effort to locate them or gather information about their whereabouts.
The first stop was to the Manchester, Londonderry, and State Police departments, but April Marie Driesse, friend of several of the men, said they were turned away because missing persons reports can be filed only after someone has been missing for at least 24 hours.
When that did not work, friends and family tried to retrace the mens’ travels, and others went online, asking on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter if anyone had seen the four young men.
Finally, on Sunday, one of DeFreitas’s family members found what appeared to be new skid marks on the highway leading into the woods....
--more--""N.H. court backs license suspension; Use of previous drunken driving arrests upheld" by Lynne Tuohy, Associated Press | August 20, 2010
CONCORD, N.H. — The state Supreme Court has ruled that even if arrests for driving while intoxicated do not result in convictions, they still can be considered when the state requires drivers to get further treatment before their license is reinstated.
Well, if it is not a conviction....
James M. Mooney of Nashua was arrested in 1994 on a charge of driving while intoxicated, but was not convicted. A decade later, he was arrested on the same charge, convicted, and required to complete an Impaired Driver Intervention Program. At the conclusion of the program, a counselor said Mooney needed further treatment before his license would be reinstated, citing his 1994 arrest.
I am not in favor of drunk driving; however, nor am I in favor of tyranny.
Mooney appealed that decision in an administrative hearing at the Department of Public Safety, arguing that the intervention program counselor could not use his 1994 arrest to further penalize him. The hearings officer upheld the use of that arrest and said requiring further treatment was not a penalty.
In its unanimous ruling yesterday, the Supreme Court stated that decisions of hearing officers could be set aside by the court only if they are “clearly unreasonable or unlawful.’’
State regulations empower counselors in the program to require further treatment “if the client has two or more alcohol or drug-related motor vehicle arrests or convictions.’’
The Supreme Court ruled it is valid to consider arrests as well as convictions to protect the public and treat addiction.
I will keep that in mind for all the war-criminal and looting sleaze that slide by.
“The declared policy of the Legislature is that intoxicated drivers are a severe threat to the health and safety of the citizens of New Hampshire and visitors from out-of-state who use our highways,’’ the court stated....
Good thing the bridge is out:
"72-year-old Main Street bridge closed
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation says the Main Street bridge over Mascoma Lake in Enfield has been closed. The state says the decision to close the Shaker Bridge follows an underwater inspection that found severe corrosion in steel supports. About 1,200 vehicles use the bridge every day. The 72-year-old bridge has been on the state’s red list as being in need of replacement for years. Construction on a new $9.2 million bridge is scheduled to begin in the spring and should be finished by the end of 2012 (AP)."
Yeah, good thing we gave all our money for banks and wars.
Time to get outta here, readers:
"2 charged after van drags traffic officer
A police officer is recovering after being dragged by a minivan outside Canobie Lake Amusement Park. Police said Officer Dave Hyatt was directing traffic when an irate driver and his passenger began yelling expletives.
I was nowhere near it!
Hyatt, who saw three children in the minivan, asked for identification and was reaching for it when the van took off Saturday. Deputy Chief Shawn Patten said Hyatt was dragged 25 yards because his arm was stuck. Police charged Linda and William Manning of Waltham, Mass., who are due in court next month (AP)."
