Head-On Crash Involving Moose, Commercial Vehicles

ERROL, N.H. – Two truck drivers were hurt in a head-on crash involving a moose.

At 6:37 a.m. today, September 6, 2024, State Troopers assigned to the Troop F barracks and the Troop G Motor Carrier Enforcement Unit were dispatched to New Hampshire Route 16 in Errol, approximately 1 mile north of Androscoggin Wayside Park, for a report of a head-on collision involving two commercial dump trucks.

The initial on-scene investigation determined one of dump trucks being driven by Justin Hallee, 38, of Milan, was traveling north when it struck a moose that had entered the road. After the impact, Hallee lost control and collided head-on with another dump truck approaching from the southbound lane. 

Hallee was transported by ambulance to Androscoggin Valley Hospital in critical condition. The driver of the second dump truck, identified as Jacob Gleason, 22, of Colebrook, was medically cleared on scene. 

The New Hampshire State Police was assisted at the scene by members of the Errol Fire Department and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.

This crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information that may assist in the investigation is asked to contact Trooper Brandon Girardi at Brandon.M.Girardi@DOS.NH.GOV.