A New Bedford man has been charged for allegedly driving drunk and recklessly in the wrong-way crash that killed Endicott College Police Sgt. Jeremy Cole the night before Thanksgiving, the Essex County DA announced Tuesday.

Keoma Duarte, 40, of New Bedford, is set to be arraigned in Newburyport District Court on charges relating to the fatal crash on Tuesday, the DA said.

Just before midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 27, Duarte was allegedly driving his 2023 Tesla Model Y the wrong way in the northbound lane on Interstate 95. The Tesla crashed into the police sergeant’s 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer in Newbury near the Central Street overpass.

Cole, 49, of Exeter, New Hampshire, was declared dead on the scene.

Duarte was taken via MedFlight to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with serious injuries, the DA’s office said. The driver appeared on Zoom from his hospital bed during his arraignment Tuesday.

The driver was charged Tuesday with motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence of liquor and operating recklessly, manslaughter, and motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, the DA said. He also faces civil motor vehicle infractions for driving in the wrong direction on a state highway, speeding and marked lanes violation.

Massachusetts State Police are continuing to investigate the incident.

New Hampshire Police said in a release Tuesday criminal charges in New Hampshire are also forthcoming pending their investigation.

The New Hampshire police said troopers spotted the wrong-way driver in the northbound lanes of I-95 in Hampton, before the crash, and engaged in “emergency efforts to stop” the Tesla.

Their preliminary investigation, the New Hampshire State Police said, determined Duarte was driving the right way on I-95 before entering the parking lot of a closed NH Liquor and Wine Outlet. Surveillance footage shows Duarte’s car drive through the lot and depart from the entrance at about 11:45 p.m.

A New Hampshire State Trooper spotted the car less than one minute after entering the road in the wrong direction, the police said.

Cole was was traveling home after his work shift when he was hit.

A GoFundMe raising money for the family reached over $100,000 on Tuesday afternoon.

“Sergeant Jeremy Cole (or J Cole as we all called him) was a great man and a symbol of what it means to protect and serve,” the GoFundMe message reads. “He always made himself available to every student on campus, and made sure everyone knew they had his love and support no matter what the situation was.”