A wrong-way driver is facing multiple charges after being arrested in Concord, New Hampshire early Sunday morning.
New Hampshire State Police say they responded to reports of a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes on I-293 in Manchester at around 12:37 a.m.
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Authorities say there was an additional report of a wrong-way driver on I-93 in Hooksett where another driver went off the road to avoid a head-on collision with the wrong-way driver.
The wrong-way driver, identified as 49-year-old Brian Kunst, of Bow, New Hampshire, was stopped and arrested by a state trooper on I-93 in Concord, according to police.
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He is now facing charges of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and driving while intoxicated, police say.
Kunst is expected to appear in Concord District Court on Monday.