Several Seriously Injured, Including Infant, In I-93 Rollover Crash: Police

NEW HAMPTON, NH — Several people were critically injured, including an infant, in a rollover crash on Interstate 93 in New Hampton on New Year's Eve, state police say.

When state troopers first responded to I-93 south just before 5 p.m., it was for a call of multiple people injured, as well as an infant who was possibly ejected because they could not be located, according to police.

The troopers found that three of five people in one car were ejected in a rollover crash, requiring lifesaving efforts before they were taken to four area hospitals, according to police.

Three of the five passengers had life-threatening injuries, and an infant was taken by helicopter to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NBC reported.

It is not clear if the infant was among the people who were ejected from the car.

The interstate was shut down for about an hour to make way for the helicopter, police said, and once it departed, the travel lane was shut down for around three hours for a roadside investigation.

Connie McCoy, whose vehicle was stuck in traffic, told News 9, “We were there for over an hour stopped on the highway and traffic was not moving at all, and then we finally saw the DHART helicopter take off and 15 minutes later traffic started to move.

Authorities said impairment is not a factor, but the investigation is continuing, police said.

Troop D was assisted extensively by the state CAR Unit, New Hampton, Sanbornton, Ashland, and Meredith Fire/EMS, as well as Stewarts Ambulance, New Hampton and Sanbornton police. The state's Department of Transportation and New Hampton Towing also took part.