Cruiser Crushed By Truck; Trooper, Woman Trapped After Hooksett Crash

HOOKSETT, NH — A New Hampshire Condition Police trooper and a lady were wounded when a pickup truck slammed into a cruiser in a high-pace collision on Hooksett Highway on Wednesday.

A lady driving a silver vehicle was trapped on a snowbank and a trooper was blocking Hooksett Street near Interstate 93 on- and off-ramps in the southbound lane. The trooper was in his cruiser with the driver of the car sitting down in the rear seat so the female could maintain warm.

A tow truck operator was in front of the trooper’s cruiser, and the operator was out of his truck hooking up a tow strap to the car’s rear. A man functioning a pickup truck then slammed into the again of the cruiser, pushing it a considerable length and crushing the back of the cruiser. The cruiser was pushed ahead and narrowly skipped the tow truck driver who noticed the crash happening.

Hooksett law enforcement, fire, and EMS responded, and, even though en route, had been recommended a particular person was trapped in the again of the cruiser, and the trooper was trapped in the front seat. The tow truck operator from Precision towing worked to assist the trooper and the female.

Firefighters utilized resources to pry the doorways open up and extricate the two occupants of the cruiser. Each the trooper and female ended up transported to the clinic with unknown injuries.

The pickup truck driver appeared not to be wounded and did not accept professional medical treatment method. Law enforcement administered a conventional roadside sobriety examination soon right after the male was put in custody. The gentleman was taken from the scene in a condition police cruiser, point out law enforcement validate Michael Pavletich of Amherst was arrested for suspicion of DWI.

Hooksett Street was shut for numerous several hours, and some of the on- and off-ramps.

The incident is below investigation and supplemental information and facts is envisioned to come.

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