BARNARD, Vt.

Ex-FBI director likely fell asleep at wheel, police say

Vermont police say former FBI Director Louis Freeh likely fell asleep and drifted across the road before the car crash last week that severely injured him.

Vermont State Police said Tuesday that Freeh was interviewed and does not remember why he crashed in Barnard on Aug. 25. Police say his lack of memory, the circumstances of the crash and lack of mechanical problem means Freeh likely fell asleep.

Police have said drugs and alcohol were not factors.

Police say Freeh, who lives in Wilmington, Delaware, will not be charged.

Freeh was airlifted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, after the accident.

DURHAM, N.H.

UNH goalie facing charges after domestic assault call

Police say the goalie for the University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team has been arrested on an assault charge.

Foster’s Daily Democrat reported that Rene Kelley, deputy police chief in Durham, said police received a call from a woman early Sunday saying she was a domestic violence victim. She accused Casey DeSmith of assaulting her.

The 23-year-old DeSmith was charged with one count of simple assault and one count of resisting arrest. There was no record Wednesday that he had been arraigned yet.

The university said in a statement that consistent with its policies, DeSmith has been suspended from the team pending further investigation.

He has been goalie since 2011.

MANCHESTER, N.H.

Bicyclist struck by one car, pinned underneath another

A 13-year-old bicyclist has been hospitalized after he collided with a car, throwing him into oncoming traffic and pinning him underneath a car that tried to stop.

Police said 13-year-old Tarik Mukanovic of Manchester was driving his mountain bike Tuesday afternoon when he struck the car heading east on Kelley Street. The impact of the collision threw him toward the westbound lane and the oncoming driver did not appear to have enough time to stop, causing him to drive over the teen.

Multiple emergency workers arrived on scene and freed Mukanovic, who was pinned underneath the car. He was eventually taken to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to be treated for head trauma. His condition was not immediately known.

CONCORD, N.H.

As bear hunting season starts, expectations high

Bear hunting season has started in New Hampshire, and the state’s bear project leader says it’s expected to be a good one.

Andy Timmins said that with a current bear population estimated at 5,700 animals, bears are at the desired population goal in most areas of the state.

He said bear hunter success is directly related to the abundance of natural bear foods during the fall hunting season. A hunter’s success increases when food is limited such as in 2012, when hunters achieved a record harvest of 812 bears. In 2013, the food supply was greater and the statewide harvest was 570 bears.

LEBANON, Conn.

Bobcat suspected in attacks tests positive for rabies

State officials say a bobcat suspected of attacking people in Bozrah and Lebanon over the holiday weekend has tested positive for rabies.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says test results came back positive Tuesday. Officials say the case is unusual because bobcats rarely have contact with people and rarely contract rabies.

Officials said a woman in Bozrah was attacked by a bobcat Saturday, and her husband and sons struck the animal until it ran away. The woman was treated at a hospital for bites, scratches and possible rabies exposure.

A couple in neighboring Lebanon said they fended off a bobcat Sunday while walking with their baby. They weren’t injured.

DEEP police caught and euthanized the bobcat Sunday before taking it to a state lab.

– From news service reports