Sister: Beach Crash Not Caused by Texting

Hampton Police Chief Jamie Sullivan said no one was injured in a Tuesday morning six-vehicle crash that started when a car went "airborne" after striking a curb near the Ashworth By The Sea hotel.

Sullivan confirmed Tuesday afternoon several reports issued around 8 a.m. Tuesday, and said "everyone is fine." Sullivan said the vehicle struck five other vehicles after hitting the curb.

The sister of the teenage driver who caused the accident told Hampton-North Hampton Patch she wanted to "be clear this was not a case of texting while driving."

She said her brother takes his parents' "no texting while driving" rule "very seriously."

"As a 22 year old I know this is a common accusation many others make when a young person gets in an accident, but it truly was not the case in this morning's incident," said the sister, whose name is being withheld by Patch.

Police have issued the following release about the accident:

On 10/23/12 at approximately 7:30am the Hampton Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash in front of the Ashworth Hotel. Upon arrival officers found a 1996 Saturn had crashed into several parked vehicles in the hotel’s leased spaces on the south bound side of the guard rail.

The driver of the Saturn was identified as Cameron Couture of Hampton, NH. Couture’s vehicle left the roadway striking the curb and going airborne striking three cars before hitting a fourth vehicle and pushing that vehicle into another. In all 6 vehicles were damaged in this collision. The crash remains under investigation by the Hampton Police Department. If anyone has any information regarding this crash or its operation prior to the collision they are encouraged to contact Officer Sorokins at the Hampton Police Department.