Man Nabbed For Driving Drunk, Wrong Way In Darien, Police Say

A man from Massachusetts was arrested for driving his truck the wrong way down a Connecticut road in an apparent drunk driving incident, police reported.

Byron Lopez-Najera, age 37, was nabbed for driving down the wrong way on Post Road (Route 1) in Darien, drunk and without a license, police reported.
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Sophie Grieser

07/30/2023 4:00 p.m.

It happened on Sunday, July 23 on Boston Post Road (Route 1) in Darien, according to Darien police.

At approximately 2:15 a.m., police arrived at Post Road on reports that an intoxicated man was driving a white pickup truck in the wrong lane.

When they arrived at the scene, they located Byron Lopez-Najera, age 37, driving slowly around the parking lot of the Mini Cooper dealership on Post Road.

Lopez-Najera, who is from the neighborhood of Dorchester in Boston, reportedly had red, glassy eyes and smelled strongly of alcohol.

Officers brought him into the station, where he refused to take a breathalyzer test.

He was charged with:

Operating under the influence
Operating a motor vehicle without a license
Disobeying an officer’s signal

Lopez-Najera was released on 10 percent of his bond and is due in court on Friday, August 4.

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