Portsmouth Woman Charged With Drunken Driving After Crash

PORTSMOUTH, NH — A Portsmouth woman previously accused of drunken driving nearly four years ago was arrested on a felony driving while intoxicated charge after a crash on Monday.

Around 11 p.m., officers and fire and rescue teams were sent to the intersection of the Route 1 Bypass and Greenleaf Avenue for a report of a crash. When they arrived, they found that a vehicle traveling south on the bypass left the road, struck a utility pole, and then, crashed into two vehicles in a dealership parking lot. After that, the vehicle stopped, according to Capt. Michael Maloney of the Portsmouth Police Department.

"All three vehicles sustained heavy damage," he said.

The driver, Shayna Derochemont, 39, of Portsmouth was taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital due to injuries she received during the crash. After investigating the incident, police arrested her at the hospital on a single felony count of aggravated driving while intoxicated. Derochemont was released on personal recognizance bail and is due in Rockingham County Superior Court at a later date.

According to a previous arrest log on Patch, Derochemont, who was living in Newington at the time, was arrested on two drunken driving counts in January 2017. In March 2019, she was arrested on a driving after revocation or suspension charge in Portsmouth, according to Seacoastonline.com.

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