Federal Agency Will Investigate Deadly New Hampshire Crash

CONCORD, NH — The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will send a team to conduct a safety investigation of the deadly crash in Randolph, NH involving a pickup truck and several motorcycles Friday. NTSB said its team would coordinate with local officials, who are conducting their own investigation. The NTSB announcement came just two hours after officials reopened Route 2 in Randolph.

Governor Chris Sununu, Coos County Attorney John McCormick and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Christopher J. Wagner were scheduled to give an update on the crash and the investigation in Lancaster at 4 p.m. Saturday

The crash, which was reported around 6:30 p.m. Friday, killed seven people and left at least three others injured. Witnesses described a "devastating scene" as bystanders grabbed first-aid kits and blankets to treat injured motorcycle riders scattered along the highway. New Hampshire State Police reported that a 2016 Dodge 2500 pickup truck collided with the riders on Route 2 in Randolph at just before 6:30 p.m. on June 21, 2019.

Authorities said additional details would be provided as they investigate the crash.

Along with the seven dead, state police said two additional people were transported to the Androscoggin Valley Hospital and one was airlifted to Maine Medical. Police said they could not provide the identities of the dead until next of kin have been notified.

A photo posted by WMUR-TV showed motorcycles and wreckage scattered across the highway and a truck on the shoulder in flames.

Randolph is about a two-hour drive north of Concord, the capital, and a three-hour drive from Boston.

Material from an earlier Associated Press story that appeared on Patch was used in this report.