MANCHESTER — A Manchester woman was taken into custody early Thursday after driving the wrong way on Interstates 93 and 293, prompting a New Hampshire State Trooper to fire shots during the incident.
State police received reports of a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes on Interstate 93 near Exit 13 in Concord at 12:28 a.m. Thursday, March 13.
Troopers located the vehicle, an orange 2018 BMW 330i xDrive, as the driver continued south in the northbound high-speed Open Road Toll lanes of the Hooksett toll plaza.
The driver stopped near mile marker 10.2 on I-293, near the Manchester and Hooksett line, while additional troopers were setting up tire deflation devices farther south.
During the stop, a trooper discharged their firearm.
The driver, identified as Kendra Malone, 44, of Manchester, then continued southbound in the northbound lanes before being stopped by another trooper near mile marker 9.4 and taken into custody.
No injuries were reported during the incident.
Malone was transported to the Merrimack County Jail and held on preventative detention on charges of felony reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor counts of aggravated driving while intoxicated, disobeying an officer and driving while intoxicated.
She was arraigned Thursday in Hooksett District Court and held on $5,000 cash bail.
A probable cause hearing has been scheduled for March 20 at 1 p.m.
The State Police Major Crime Unit is investigating all aspects of the incident.
