CONCORD, NH — A man from Massachusetts was killed during a crash in Hinsdale on Tuesday.
Around 5:45 p.m., New Hampshire State Police were sent to a major crash on Route 119. Police in Hinsdale were in the area investigating an unrelated incident when an officer saw a 2003 Volkswagen Jetta speeding and operating erratically, Amber Lagace, a public information officer for the department, said. The driver of the Jetta was traveling west toward Vermont.
“The vehicle then reversed direction and continued back eastbound, crossing into the westbound lane and colliding head-on with a 1999 Jeep Wrangler,” she said.
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The road was closed for around seven hours.
Richard Miner, 24, of Greenfield, MA, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. Dylan Morse, 21, of Winchester, was reportedly driving the Jetta. He and Teasha Kristolaitis, 21, of Winchester, a passenger in the vehicle, were taken to Brattleboro VT Memorial Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
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The driver of the Jeep, Arthur Oefinger, 59, of Hinsdale, was taken to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.
Assisting state police were the New Hampshire State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction (CAR) Unit, the Hinsdale Fire Department, Brattleboro Fire and Rescue, Rescue Inc. and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
The crash remains under investigation and charges are possible, Lagace said.
Anyone with information was asked to call Trooper First Class Brian Ross at 603-931-2738 or [email protected].
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