Marlborough Driver Strikes Tractor-Trailer; Charged with OUI

An allegedly intoxicated Marlborough man reportedly struck a tractor-trailer at a Westborough intersection Wednesday after driving erratically from Grafton to Westborough.

Westborough Police arrested Derek P. Azzolino, 21, of 175 Maple St. #103 Marlborough and charged him with operating under the influence of alcohol after giving him field sobriety tests, Police Chief Alan Gordon said in a press release.

Police also charged Azzolino with operating so as to endanger and failure to stop for a stop sign, according to the release.

Police responded to the intersection of West Main and Nourse streets around 8:30 a.m.

Police received two calls: first for a white Lexus driving erratically, the other for the Lexus striking the tractor-trailer, he said in the release.

Officer Domenic Annunziata responded, and saw "a 2001 Lexus with front end damage and a 2011 Peterbuilt tractor with minor side damage," Gordon said.

"The investigation revealed that witnesses followed the Lexus from Grafton and observed it weaving back and forth and stopping in the middle of the road," he said said.

"At the intersection the witnesses observed the Lexus fail to stop for the stop sign and to collide with the right rear wheels of the trailer."

Azzolini is being held at the Westborough Police Station pending his arraignment Friday in Westborough District Court, Gordon said.

The tractor-trailer driver was John Larochelle, 48, of 362 Pompeo Road,
North Grosvenordale, Conn., Gordon said.