New Hampshire Man Charged With DUI After Crashing With Child in the Car

A New Hampshire man has been charged with drunk driving after allegedly crashing his car into a guardrail at a mall with a child inside of the vehicle.

Twenty-two-year-old Jonathan Clough of 234 S. Main St., Manchester, has been released on a $3,000 bail after being arrested and charged with aggravated driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license.

Police say they went to the Mall of New Hampshire just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, where they say they found Clough, who had lost control of the car and crashed into a parking lot guardrail with a friend's 12-year-old child inside of the car.

When they were talking to him, police say they believed he was impaired, and conducted a field sobriety test, which he failed.

He taken into custody, then taken to a hospital to treat some injuries, and then released back into Manchester police's custody before finally being released on bail.

Authorities say the child wasn't injured. 

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