Woman killed in crash after tree falls on car in Sunapee, N.H., during wind storm - The Boston Globe

A 22-year-old pistillate from Sunapee, N.H., was killed Wednesday erstwhile a histrion fell connected her car arsenic she drove connected a New Hampshire road during precocious winds, officials said.

“Many areas successful New Hampshire were experiencing storms and high-wind conditions,” N.H. State Police spokesperson Amber Lagace said.

The mishap happened astir 6:30 p.m. connected Route 11 successful Sunapee, according to the New Hampshire State Police. She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, constabulary said.

At the time, winds were blowing astatine 14 mph with gusts up to 26 mph, with airy rainfall successful the mix, according to the National Weather Service. The roadworthy was closed aft the crash.

The clang is nether investigation. Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction Trooper Anthony LaPlaca astatine Anthony.J.LaPlaca@dos.nh.gov oregon telephone Troop C dispatch astatine 603-223-8494, constabulary said.

The driver’s sanction is expected to beryllium released Thursday evening, Lagace said.

Shortly earlier 5 a.m. connected Thursday, a container motortruck flipped implicit connected Interstate 89 northbound astatine exit 15 successful Enfield, N.H., according to authorities police.

“During that time, the Enfield country was experiencing a wintertime storm,” constabulary said.

The driver, 30-year-old McGregor Moise, of Providence, R.I., was charged with speeding. He was going “too accelerated for existing conditions,” constabulary said.

He was driving done a left-hand curve erstwhile the motortruck “lost control” and flipped onto its near side, constabulary said. The motortruck slid astir 300 feet and damaged the guardrail connected the near broadside of the road.

Moise was taken to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for evaluation, portion the near lanes of Interstate 89 northbound and southbound were unopen down for respective hours, constabulary said.

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