Derry Woman Rear-ends State Police Cruiser

A Derry woman was issued a summons on Jan. 4, after allegedly smashing into a New Hampshire State Police Cruiser on the I-93 Tilton offramp on Jan. 4. 
According to a report from the state police, Kim Gullage, 47, of Derry, was cited for negligent operation. 

According to the report, at around noon, a state trooper was assisting with a vehicle off the road on the Exit 20 offramp to I-93 when a Ford Expedition rear-ended the trooper's cruiser. 

"The Trooper was inside a his issued black Dodge Charger with his side and rear emergency lights activated protecting the crash scene as a tow service was removing a vehicle from the snow bank," according to the statement.   

Gullage was reporting traveling north and began to take the exit. She told police that she saw the state police cruiser and applied her brakes but was allegedly traveling too fast and lost control of her SUV, due to snow on the offramp, according to the report. 

The resulting crash caused damage to the cruiser and pushed it about 20 feet, according to the report. The Ford was pushed about 20 feet off the road. 

Gullage was not injured during the crash, according to the statement, but the trooper was taken to Franklin Regional Hospital for treatment and released. The offramp was closed for about 45 minutes, according to police.  

In its statement, State Police reminded drivers that the law required them to "drive safely," noting that NH RSA 265-60, states: 

No person shall drive a vehicle on a way at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. In every event speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle, or other conveyance on or entering the way in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care.