HAMPTON, N.H. — Two people were hurt after a vehicle struck a concrete barrier at the Hampton Toll Plaza on Thursday.
It happened shortly before 4:15 p.m. near the cash toll collection area on Interstate 95 northbound, New Hampshire State Police said in a release Friday.
Troopers arrived at the scene and found two people inside the vehicle. The passenger had serious injuries and was not alert, according to police.
Trooper Daniel Bourque broke the rear passenger side window to get inside the vehicle and further assess the passenger’s injuries. EMS personnel arrived soon after and began assessing and treating the vehicle occupants, the release stated.
Police said a preliminary investigation indicated that Thomas Lynch, 78, of North Andover, Massachusetts, lost control of a 2013 Nissan Altima and hit a concrete traffic barrier in front of the toll booth located in the fourth lane of the toll plaza.
After hitting the barrier, the vehicle rotated before coming to rest perpendicular to the interstate between two concrete traffic barriers within the fourth lane of the toll plaza, the release stated.
Lynch was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police said.
Lynch's passenger was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital to be treated for serious injuries, the release stated. Police have not publicly identified the passenger.
Four northbound travel lanes within the cash toll collection area of the toll plaza were closed for approximately two and a half hours, but the open road toll lanes and two travel lanes of the toll plaza remained operational. All travel lanes were reopened as of 6:39 p.m. Thursday, according to officials.
New Hampshire State Police ask that anyone who may have information about the crash contact Trooper Bourque via email at Daniel.J.Bourque@DOS.NH.GOV.
