New Hampshire State Police
Police in New Hampshire continue to investigate a tractor-trailer crash that claimed the life of the driver today.
At 1:52 a.m. today, Aug. 8, New Hampshire State Police dispatch received a report of a tractor-trailer crash on southbound Interstate 93 near mile marker 57 in Tilton.
Troopers assigned to the Troop D barracks responded and, upon arrival on the scene, identified the tractor as a 2025 black Western Star and the trailer as a blue 2017 Manac trailer, according to a statement from the troopers.
The preliminary investigation determined that the driver of the tractor-trailer unit had, for reasons that remain under investigation, failed to negotiate a curve in the road, broke through the center median guardrail, traveled through the median and the embankment, across the railroad tracks, where the tractor-trailer unit came to a final rest on its side in the Winnipesaukee River, said NHSP in a Facebook post.
The driver was identified as Benjamin A. Wilson, 48, of Granby, Vermont.
The left lane of Interstate 93 southbound by mile marker 57 was closed, and delays are to be expected in this area.
Troopers are being assisted on scene by members of the Tilton-Northfield Fire District, the Tilton Police Department, and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Trooper Conor Davis at [email protected].
