Wrong-way driver, without license, arrested for DUI crash

By News Staff

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A wrong way driver was arrested after State Police say he was drunk when he drove the wrong way on Route 6 eastbound and hit another vehicle. 

State Police say at around 5:30 a.m. 26-year-old Eugene Rodriguez Barberan of Providence got onto Route 6 Eastbound through the Broadway exit ramp and struck another vehicle. 

The driver and passenger of the other vehicle were taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Rodriguez Barberan is charged with DUI, driving to endanger resulting in physical injury, reckless driving, and driving without a license. He was arraigned Thursday in 6th Division District Court and held on $5,000 surety bail. His next court date is May 20th, 2015.

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