Underage Male Operator Was Involved in Merrimack Car-Split Crash: NHSP

MERRIMACK, NH — New Hampshire State Police yesterday released more information about an early morning crash on Sunday morning in Merrimack that led to a driver crashing a Toyota Camry which later split in two on the Daniel Webster Highway. At just after 2:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2017, police attempted to stop the vehicle in the area of Industrial Drive while the vehicle was traveling north without its lights on, according to Sgt. Steven Wheeler of the NHSP. The vehicle, however, reportedly fled the scene “at an extremely high rate of speed,” according to Wheeler, that caused “the officer to lose sight of the vehicle.”

“Minutes later, members of the Merrimack Police Department came across the vehicle as it hard crashed in the area of 370 Daniel Webster Highway,” Wheeler noted. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Merrimack NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

As a result of the crash, the operater, who was underage, according to state police, and the sole occupant of the vehicle, suffered life threatening injuries and was medflighted to Tufts Medical Center by the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Advanced Response Team (DHART).

The state police’s collision team was called in to investigate the crash. Assisting at the scene were the Merrimack DPW and Merrimack Fire and Rescue teams.

The InfoNH Facebook page has more pictures of the crash scene investigation online.

Anyone that may have further information related to this collision can contact Trooper First Class Michael J. Pelletier at 603-223-8699 or by email at michael.pelletier@dos.nh.gov.

Credit: Jeffrey Hastings/Frame of Mind Photography. FrameofMindPhoto.com.