Chichester Unitil Customers Without Power After Crash; Driver Injured

CHICHESTER, NH — Police, fire and rescue teams, and utility workers with Unitil, were sent to Horse Corner Road on Thursday for a car crash.

Around 1:45 p.m., Capital Region Fire Dispatch began receiving calls about a crash in the area with live wires down in the road. Chichester firefighters, EMTs, as well as police headed to the scene, an area between Bailey Road and Garvin Hill Road.

When they arrived, they confirmed live wires were draped across the car just before 2 p.m. The driver, a fire commander said, was remaining in the car due to the live wires. They said they would stay at the scene.

“Can you put a push on the power company, please?,” they asked.

Unitil was then requested to the scene. A re-tone was also issued for Chichester firefighters to bring an engine to the scene. Later though, the re-tone was recalled.

After Unitil workers arrived, the driver was removed from the vehicle and examined. They were taken to Concord Hospital around 2:15 p.m.

According to the outage map, 73 customers are without power. Restoration is expected sometime before 5 p.m.

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