NH Woman Christelle Kayiba Flashes Smile ‘Peace Sign’ After Arrested In Sunday Wrong-Way Joyride

MERRIMACK COUNTY, NH. (THECOUNT) — Christelle Kayiba, of Manchester, New Hampshire, has been identified as the suspect arrested in a dangerous wrong-way joyride in Merrimack County on Sunday.

Kayiba, 22, is accused of operating a vehicle in the wrong direction on a New Hampshire interstate early Sunday morning.

Kayiba was driving the wrong-way Interstate 93 near Hooksett before state police successfully deflated her tires around 2 a.m. Sunday.

After her arrest, Kayiba flashed a smile and two peace signs in her mugshot before she was bailed out and was released from custody Sunday.

Kayiba was arrested for reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, disobeying a police officer, reckless operation and driving while intoxicated, reports NYTimePost.

At approximately 2:00 a.m., New Hampshire State Police received several reports of a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes from I-93 Hooksett, into Bow.

A short time later, a trooper from the Troop D barracks located the vehicle on I-93 at mile marker 35 in the town of Bow, state police said.

The trooper successfully deflated all four tires using a tire deflation device as the vehicle passed by. The operator continued traveling on the wrong side of the interstate and was eventually stopped by the Concord NH Police Department at mile marker 36.2, according to state police.

Christelle was bailed and released but is due to appear at the Merrimack Superior Court on May 18, 2023, at 1:00 p.m., state police added.

New Hampshire State Police Troop D was assisted on scene by the Concord Police Department, Bow Police Department and Above All Collision Center towing.

Geo quick facts: Merrimack County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2010 census, the population was 146,445, making it the third-most populous county in New Hampshire. Its county seat is Concord, the capital of New Hampshire – Wikipedia.