CONCORD, NH — State and local officials are investigating the death of a driver during a fiery crash in the city's West End neighborhood on Friday night.
Officers were sent to the area between Fiskill Farm Road and Thackeray Road for a report of a crash and a vehicle on fire just before 9:30 p.m. The car crashed into the woods and at least one person was entrapped in the vehicle.
The first arriving officer confirmed the crash involved a car and it was fully engulfed in flames. The officer spoke to a witness who said they believed someone was still inside the car because they heard a voice coming from the car.
"The hood is smashed in," an officer said, "and the roof… it's hard to see inside the car."
Police closed the road while fire and rescue teams arrived to extinguish the fire.
The battalion commander reported the car was about 20 feet into the woods, the driver was still inside, and they requested another engine to make sure they had enough water.
The vehicle had a New Hampshire registration.
At just before 9:45 p.m., the driver was declared dead by the fire commander.
The state fire marshal's office was requested to the scene.
Later, officers went to a home on Fiskill Road.
Around 10:15 p.m., an officer requested an evidence technician rig, but the watch commander said the two vehicles were at other calls, according to scanner chatter.
Concord NH Patch will update this post when more information becomes available.
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