Two Injured in Minivan Crash, Fire on I-93

MANCHESTER, NH - Two people were injured and one other person arrested this morning after a vehicle accident on I-93 south just south of the interchange with Route 101, according to New Hampshire State Police.

Allen Buco, 26, of Manchester, was arrested on March 8, 2016, on an active warrant from the Raymond Police Department and on a use of a mobile electronic device while driving charge.

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According to state police, troopers were sent to a report of a crash of a Ford Freestyle minivan operated by a 28-year-old Derry woman at just after 10:30 a.m. this morning.

The driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, spun out into the sound barrier on the right hand side of the Interstate, and then the vehicle caught fire and became fully engulfed in flames, according to Sgt. Steve Callinan of the NHSP.

A 40-year-old man from Massachusetts was a passenger in the vehicle and he reportedly was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown out the front windshield. He suffered serious by non-life threatening injuries while the driver – who was wearing a seatbelt – received minor injuries. Both were transported to Elliot Hospital by Manchester Fire and Rescue teams.

Part of the Interstate was closed for about 90 minutes while the scene was cleared and processed.

During that time, Buco drove by and allegedly began taking cellphone pictures of the burned vehicle. A trooper pulled him over for a hands-free violation and found he had the active warrant. Buco was then arrested.