GILFORD — A Belmont driver was charged with driving while intoxicated after a Prius flipped on Gunstock Hill Road Monday night just after 10 p.m.
Gilford police, fire and rescue quickly responded to the scene. It took first responders about 16 minutes to free Marianne Patterson, 59, from her vehicle after arrival. New Hampshire State Police also responded to the accident.
Rusty's Towing was called to the scene to recover the car, and used a winch to stabilize the vehicle.
The matter is no longer under investigation.
“A passerby came by the vehicle sitting on its roof,” recalled Lt. Adam VanSteensburg of the Gilford Police Department. “It was a female operator, we arrested her for DWI and she was transported to Concord Hospital — Laconia with minor injuries, if any. I’m pretty sure she was booked and bailed out at the hospital and released. She wasn’t brought back and processed at the station.”
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, drunk driving kills 32 people per day in the United States. In 2020, 55 people were killed in drunk driving incidents in the state of New Hampshire.
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