Rhode Island man arrested after fleeing scene of rollover crash on I-95

Oliver Denelle (MHSP photo)

GREENLAND - A Rhode Island man was arrested after fleeing the scene of a rollover crash on Interstate 95 early Sunday.

State troopers got involved around 12:50 a.m. when they responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash within an active construction zone on I-95 northbound in Greenland.

Upon arrival, troopers located an unoccupied white 2018 Range Rover Velar, stopped in the center median of I-95 near mile marker 10.8, according to a Dept. of Safety press release. The preliminary investigation determined that the Range Rover had been traveling northbound on I-95 when, for reasons that remain under investigation, the driver lost control of the vehicle and went through the center median before rolling into the southbound lanes of I-95 and ultimately coming to a stop in the center median. After the crash, the driver fled on foot into the woods on the southbound side of I-95.

A State Police K-9 Unit and Special Enforcement Unit was called to assist in locating the subject, who was taken into custody after they were found walking along a utility access road around 1:55 a.m.

Taken into custody was as Oliver Denelle, 26, of Narragansett, R.I.

Denelle was arrested and charged with reckless conduct, reckless operation, conduct after an accident, resisting arrest, and operating without a valid license. He was held on preventive detention at the Rockingham County Jail pending an arraignment in Portsmouth District Court Monday.

The crash resulted in a lane closure for approximately half an hour while the Range Rover was removed.

Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Trooper Patrick Vetter at Patrick.R.Vetter@dos.nh.gov.