NORTHAMPTON — A Haydenville man crashed his black pick-up truck into the roundabout at Look Park on North Main Street Friday night and was arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol.
It was the third time Dennis Leo Dextraze, 61, of 138B Main St., has been arrested on the charge, according to police.
Police received a report of an erratic operator shortly before 7 p.m. Friday in the area of 300 North Main Street. According to the caller, a vehicle had struck a tree and road sign at the roundabout.
Upon arrival, police observed damage to the tree and dirt and grass in the road. Police located a black pick-up truck on the lawn of a home nearby. There was front-end damage to the truck and the front driver’s side tire was blown out, police said.
Dextraze, the operator of the vehicle, refused to identify himself at the scene and refused a sobriety test, according to police. A 39-year-old Florence woman, Dextraze’s girlfriend, was a passenger in the vehicle. There were no injuries.
When police traced the license plates on the truck, they led to a different vehicle. Police also determined Dextraze was driving an uninsured, unregistered vehicle with a suspended license.
Dextraze was charged with a third offense for operating under the influence of alcohol; refusing to identify himself; driving with a suspended license; negligent operation of a motor vehicle; leaving the scene of property damage; driving an unregistered motor vehicle; driving an uninsured motor vehicle; and a plate number violation to conceal identity, according to police.
Dextraze is scheduled to be arraigned in Hampshire District Court Monday.