Wrong-way driver arraigned in absentia, ordered not to drive or drink
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO â For the second day in a row, accused wrong-way driver Bernard McDonald was unable to appear in court due to the injuries he sustained in a head-on collision on Interstate 91 in Dummerston Sunday evening. McDonald, who is a patient at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, does not understand what is going on, his court-appointed lawyer Albert Fox told Judge John Treadwell. McDonald, 65, who lives in Westborough, Mass., told police he was in Vermont on Sunday visiting a daughter in Chester. He faces a total of 15 charges, and pro...