Multiple injured in crash involving tractor-trailer, DOT truck

CAMPTON, N.H. – Three people were hurt in a crash involving a commercial tractor-trailer and a New Hampshire Department of Transportation truck.

At 12:01 p.m. today, Sept. 25, 2024, State Troopers assigned to the Troop F barracks responded to Interstate 93 southbound in Campton near mile marker 86.6, for a reported crash with injuries. Troopers arrived and found two damaged vehicles, a tractor-trailer and a New Hampshire DOT truck, in the median.

The preliminary investigation by Troopers determined that the driver of a 1997 Peterbilt tractor-trailer was traveling south on I-93, operating through an active construction zone where NH DOT was present and the travel lane was closed. As the driver of the tractor-trailer continued through the construction zone, the driver of a Ford F450 dump truck for the NH Department of Transportation, failed to yield and pulled out in front of the tractor-trailer from the closed travel lane. The operator of the F450 dump truck struck the tractor-trailer unit, sending both vehicles off the highway and into the median.

The driver and passenger of the DOT truck, as well as the driver of the tractor-trailer, were transported by ambulance to an area hospital for evaluation of non-life-threatening injuries. 

Both vehicles were towed from the scene. I-93 was partially closed in the area of the crash due to the investigation and cleanup for approximately five-and-a-half hours. 

All aspects of the crash remain under investigation. Anyone with information that may assist the investigation should contact Trooper Jacob Thomas at 603-846-3333 or via email at jacob.m.thomas@dos.nh.gov.