Wrong-Way Danbury Driver Crashes Into Patrol Cruiser On I-84 In Newtown, Police Say

A 26-year-old has been accused of driving the wrong way while drunk and striking a police cruiser in an overnight crash on a stretch of I-84 in Connecticut.

Ney Carrasco-Guerrero, age 26, of Danbury.
Photo Credit: *Connecticut State Police*

Joe Lombardi

04/13/2024 10:05 a.m.

Just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13, Connecticut State Police received the report of the wrong-way driver in the area of Exit 8 in Danbury.

The vehicle was then stopped off Exit 11 in Newtown, state police said.

After an investigation, the operator, 26-year-old Danbury resident Ney Carrasco-Guerrero was placed under arrest and charged with:

Operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol;

Driving the wrong way on a divided highway;

Reckless driving;
Evading;
Interfering with an officer;
Reckless endangerment.

Carrasco-Guerrero was then transferred to Bridgeport Correctional on a $50,000 bond.

He is scheduled to appear at Danbury Superior Court on Monday, April 15.

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