Two wrong-way drivers arrested on I-95 in separate incidents. What to know.

The Rhode Island State Police arrested two wrong-way drivers in separate incidents on Interstate 95 in a short span of time in the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 15.

Both drivers were pulled over driving northbound on I-95 South within a few hours of each other, and both were charged with driving under the influence.

Six other drivers were arrested the same night for driving under the influence, according to a press release from the state police.

Two wrong-way drivers arrested on I-95 within hours

According to a state police press release, the Hope Valley Barracks received 911 calls reporting a vehicle traveling northbound on I-95 southbound in the vicinity of Exit 21 in East Greenwich around 1:20 a.m.

That vehicle was stopped by troopers from the Wickford Barracks just prior to the Rt. 4 split.

The driver, identified as a 21-year-old Coventry woman, was subsequently charged with reckless driving and driving under the influence after she allegedly failed all field sobriety tests administered at the scene.

The driver was arraigned by a justice of the peace and released to “a responsible adult” to face the charges, in court, at a later date.

At approximately 4:50 a.m., the Hope Valley Barracks again received 911 calls about a second wrong-way driver.

This driver was also traveling northbound on I-95 South in the vicinity of Exit 4 in Hopkinton. Moments later, troopers from the Hope Valley Barracks stopped the vehicle on I-95 South in the vicinity of Baker Pines Road in Richmond.

The 35-year-old driver from New London, Connecticut also “failed all Field Sobriety Tests” administered at the scene and was held pending an arraignment on charges of driving under the influence, reckless driving and a prohibited weapons charge.