DUBLIN, N.H. (AP) - Police in New Hampshire say a Jeep collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 101 that broke open the truck’s fuel tank and caused an explosion and fire, seriously injuring the Jeep driver.
Dublin Police Chief Timothy Suokko tells WMUR-TV it’s not known if the Jeep driver, who crossed the center line, was trying to pass a vehicle Tuesday morning or just drifted over into the tractor-trailer’s path without paying attention. The Jeep caught on fire.
The driver of the tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries. The Jeep driver, 18-year-old Samuel Lachance, of Manchester, was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston with serious injuries. His condition wasn’t immediately known.
A third car was involved in the crash and recorded the collision from a dashboard camera.
Police are investigating.
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Information from: WMUR-TV, http://wmur.com
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