Danvers Man Dies on I-95 After Two State Car Chase

A local man died in a crash on I-95 in Seabrook, NH, after Mass. State Police chased him from Peabody to the Granite State line last night.

Jeffrey Hiltz, 35, of Danvers, was killed at just after 7 p.m. on Dec. 20, 2015, after striking a guardrail in his Ford Explorer.

According to New Hampshire State Police, troopers in Massachusetts that were involved in a high-speed pursuit that began in Peabody contacted Troop A troopers about vehicle heading to the Granite State.

Just over the state line, spike strips were laid out by NHSP that successfully damaged the tires of the 1999 Ford Explorer. The Explorer, according to state police, continued north for about three-quarters of a mile and then veered into the center media.

“As the Ford Explorer entered the median it then struck a guardrail, continued across the median, and then struck the southbound median guardrail,” according to Trooper Thomas Conlon. “The Explorer came to rest under the Route 107 overpass.”

Hiltz, according to the report, sustained “life threatening injuries and succumbed to his injuries at the scene” and was pronounced dead by a medical examiner. There were no other occupants in the vehicle and no other vehicles were involved in the incident, according to Conlon.

It’s unknown at post time when the MSP were chasing Hiltz.

Two lanes of Exit 1 South on the New Hampshire side were closed for several during to the investigation and reopened around midnight. Seabrook NH Fire and Rescue teams, Seabrook Police, and NH DOT assisted at the scene.

NHSP are asking for the public’s help with the case. Anyone that may have further information related to this crash please contact Trooper Thomas Conlon at 603-223-8614 or email at thomas.conlon@dos.nh.gov.