Milford Man Injured in I-89 Crash

WARNER, NH - An elderly man is lucky to be alive this afternoon after reportedly falling asleep at the wheel and crashing down a ravine and into a water bog along I-89 North in Warner, according to state troopers.

New Hampshire State Police were sent to the area of Mile Marker 16, near Exit 8, for a motor vehicle crash at just before 2:15 p.m. on May 7, 2016. When they arrived, they fond a Kia Sedona minivan off the side of the Interstate submerged in water.

“Witnesses located and assisted the driver from the vehicle and to a location where EMS personnel treated the driver and he was transported to Concord Hospital to be treated for suspected non-life threatening injuries,” according to Sgt. Ron Taylor of the NHSP.

An investigation of the crash revealed that the driver – a 75-year-old man from Milford – was traveling north when he reportedly “fell asleep and drifted off the left side of the roadway,” according to Taylor. The driver struck a sign and then traveled about 450-feet before stopping in a water bog.

“As a result of the crash, the high speed lane was closed during the investigation and removal of the vehicle,” Taylor noted.

The NH DOT reported on Twitter that the crash was cleared at just before 5:30 p.m.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or who has information about it is requested to contact TFC Michael Berntsen at 603-223-4381.