Wrong-Way Drunken Driver On I-293, I-93 Arrested In Concord: New Hampshire State Police

CONCORD, NH — A man from Bow faces charges after being accused of wrong-way drunken driving on two Interstates on Sunday morning, according to New Hampshire State Police.

Just before 12:45 a.m., state police dispatch began receiving reports of a wrong-way driver traveling north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 293 near Mile Marker 7.4 in Manchester. More reports, Tyler Dumont, the public information officer for state police, said, came in as the driver continued north onto I-93 into Hooksett.

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

The driver continued into Bow and Concord and was eventually stopped by a Troop D trooper in Concord on Interstate 93.

The driver, Brian Kunst, 49, of Bow, was arrested after a roadside investigation on reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated. He was processed and held at the county jail. Kunst is scheduled to appear in Concord District Court on Monday.