EASTHAMPTON - A suspected drunken driver was arrested Wednesday evening after police found an unregistered shotgun in his pickup truck while investigating a three-car accident on Northampton Street.
Christopher Traverse, 27, of 160 Main St., Hatfield, faces charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and possessing an unregistered firearm, according to Sgt. William Kelly.
At 5:10 p.m., local police responded to the area of 161 Northampton St., for a reported three-vehicle car accident, Kelly said.
"He was just traveling at a high rate of speed and even though he applied his brakes, he slid right into a vehicle stopped at the lights there," Kelly said. The third vehicle involved in the accident, Kelly said, was damaged when the sedan Traverse allegedly hit was forced into the back of the vehicle in front of it.
Although an ambulance was called to the scene, none of those involved in the crash required medical treatment or suffered more than "minor bumps and bruises," Kelly said.
While being questioned by police about the cause of the crash, Traverse reportedly claimed responsibility for an unregistered shotgun inside the vehicle, Kelly said.
"He told us it was inside and that it was his," Kelly said, "but he didn't have an FID card for it."
Traverse is expected to be arraigned in Northampton District Court today.
- OWEN BOSS
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