Concord Cops Investigating Fatal Head-On Collision On Hopkinton Road

CONCORD, NH — Concord police and fire and rescue teams were sent to a head-on crash with one fatality on Hopkinton Road on Monday morning.

Just before 7 a.m., first responders were sent to the area of Loop Road for a report of a crash. Police dispatch was attempting to find out how extensive the injuries were. Fire dispatch did not know if there was entrapment but sent the tower company anyway.

A few minutes later, police dispatch said it might be a fatal crash, according to witnesses at the scene.

EMTs arrived and requested a trauma alert at Concord Hospital for one patient, a woman in her 20s, with extensive lower body injuries. Another ambulance was immediately requested.

A fire commander also asked dispatch to tell the ER staff to prep a surgical team since the woman’s injuries were so severe. A Status 3 patient was also being taken to the hospital.

Another person was also reportedly killed in the crash, the fire commander said.

Around 7:15 a.m., the fire commander said the second patient was extricated from one of the vehicles and was being prepped to be taken to the hospital.

Traffic was immediately rerouted around the scene via Loop Road.

A black Nissan sedan and a blue Mazda sedan were involved in the crash.

When officers began checking the plates, one realized one of the cars may have been from a prior case a few minutes before where an officer was at the Memorial Field parking lot and ran a plate on a blue Mazda. After getting out of the cruiser to approach the car, it sped away from the park and ran over the officer’s foot, according to scanner chatter.

The officer at the park said a young woman was driving, and a white man was in the passenger seat. The car sped away toward Concord High School, the officer stated. The officer spoke to a witness in the parking lot and identified the man and woman in the Mazda.

Five minutes later, the crash was reported to dispatch.

An officer at the scene said they expected the road to be closed most of the day.

Police have not identified the driver who died at post time.

According to police, a medical examiner arrived at the scene at a little after 9 a.m.

Concord NH Patch will update when more information becomes available.

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