Wellfleet, MA : CT man charged with OUI in Wellfleet crash on early Monday, September 1, 2014

A Connecticut man was arrested early Monday for driving under the influence of alcohol after his car struck a tree on Ocean View Drive, according to the police. Police received a report minutes before 1 a.m. that a Jeep Grand Cherokee had struck a tree at the intersection of Cahoon Hollow Road. Patrol officers found the Jeep with heavy damage to the front, with driver David Kupershmidt, 22, of Watertown, Connecticut, at the scene. There were no other occupants, the police said. Kupershmidt declined to be treated by rescuers. After an investigation at the scene police placed him under arrest. After his booking, Kupershmidt was released from police custody on bail. He is scheduled for arraignment today in Orleans District Court, police Lt. Michael Hurley said. Within a half-hour of the crash involving Kupershmidt, police were called to the intersection of Cahoon Hollow Road and Old King's Highway for another car crash. There, the police found no occupants of a 2007 Honda Pilot, which was in the woods and damaged. Witnesses told police that the two people in the Honda had left the scene in another vehicle. On Monday, as of 11 p.m., the crash remained under investigation. There were no roadway closures in either crash, the police said. Source : Driver charged with OUI after Wellfleet crash