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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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