A Massachusetts man is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after the vehicle he was operating struck and killed a bear in southern New Hampshire on Sunday.
Hollis police said they received a report around 6:15 p.m. Sunday of a motor vehicle accident in which a bear was hit at Broad Street near Pine Hill Road. When they arrived, officers determined that the bear had died.
The driver of the vehicle who struck the bear, 30-year-old Timothy Harrigan, of Leominster, was charged with driving under the influence aggravated, driving under the influence and an open container violation after police detected signs of impairment and investigated further…