St. Patrick’s Day left some holiday revelers with more than just a hangover earlier this month.

Police arrested and charged five individuals with DWIs throughout the daylong celebration in honor of Ireland’s patron saint earlier this week and handled three separate automobile accidents, all involving alcohol.

While law enforcement officials said it was impossible to say whether there were more people were out and drinking than in past years, the number of arrests and accidents was unusual. Capt. Shawn Patten said the department had a full staff going into the holiday and had prepared for the day in the same way they prepared for the festivities following Super Bowl Sunday, the Fourth of July and Memorial Day Weekend.

“I think it’s another one of those holidays where people go out and celebrate,” said Salem police Capt. Shawn Patten.

According to authorities, Kevin Waterworth, 39, of Dracut, Mass., was taken into custody on his second offense DWI after his vehicle went of the road near 346 South Broadway Street shortly before midnight on March 17. Waterworth was released on a $200 cash bail, pending his arraignment.

Peter Conti, 46, of Watertown, Mass., was charged with driving while intoxicated after officers stopped his vehicle in the area of Rockingham Park Boulevard and Mall Road at about 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18. Conti was released on a court summons pending his arraignment at the district courthouse.

A little more than 10 minutes later, officers reported a vehicle had rolled over several times near Cluff Road and severed a utility pole in half, forcing the road closed for several hours as National Grid crews repaired the damage.

The operator, Derek Mc- Crum, 24, of Pelham was transported to the Parkland Medical Center for nonlife-threatening injuries. Authorities charged McCrum with driving while intoxicated and released him on court summons while he was being treated for his injuries.

Roughly an hour later, Officers found about five individuals arguing in the middle of Pelham Road near a vehicle located off of the roadway. Discovering a second vehicle deep in the woods near Abbey Road at about 2:30 a.m., officers charged Brandon Brown, 19, of Salem with driving while intoxicated.

Brown was released on summons and will be arraigned at the district courthouse.

A Windham man was taken into custody after failing a field sobriety test at around 12:30 a.m., but passed a breath test. Though held in protective custody until a sober individual could pick him, police are not pressing any charges against him.