Candia Woman Flown By DHART From Pittsburg Snowmobile Crash

PITTSBURG, NH - NH Fish and Game was notified of a two-vehicle snowmobile crash on Trail 141 in the town of Pittsburg Monday.

EMS personnel from Pittsburg Fire and Rescue and 45th Parallel Ambulance responded along with Pittsburg Police at about 1:50 p.m.

The closest Conservation Officer was over an hour away, so a Pittsburg Police Officer assisted by investigating at the scene of the crash and interviewing witnesses and involved parties prior to the Conservation Officer’s arrival.

Medical First Responders determined that additional medical resources would be needed, so a request was made for a med flight by a Dartmouth-Hitchcock Advanced Response Team (DHART) helicopter.

The victim was identified as Amie Jones, 40, of Candia. Jones was transported out of the woods by Pittsburg Fire and Rescue and stabilized by the 45th Parallel Ambulance medics.

The woman was placed in the ambulance and transported to the nearest landing zone where she was then placed in the DHART helicopter and flown to Dartmouth- Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

Conservation Officers said initial investigation revealed that Jones and members of her family had rented snowmobiles from a local rental agent and had just departed for a ride on the trails. Jones had a passenger on the back of her snowmobile when she crossed over onto the left side of the trail, striking another snowmobiler who was traveling in the opposite direction, then collided with a tree.

Jones’s passenger was uninjured. The operator of the machine that Jones struck was also uninjured. This was reportedly the first time Jones has operated a snowmobile.

Fish and Game said this is the third rental snowmobile crash in the last three days resulting in serious injury.