Traffic & Transit
Two People Killed In Bedford Crash Involving A Motorcycle And Car
Two people on a motorcycle have died in a South River Road accident. One person died at the scene, the second at the hospital.
BEDFORD, NH — Bedford fire and police responded to a report of an accident involving a motorcycle and passenger car on South River Road near Commerce Park North on Saturday.
As crews were responding, Bedford dispatch reported calls coming in that there were multiple people injured, and additional personnel was added to the response. Responders arrived at about 4:40 p.m. and found three people injured. One person died at the scene, and a second person on the motorcycle was trapped under the passenger car.
DHART Medical helicopter was requested to the scene due to the serious injuries of the person trapped under the car. Firefighters used blocks and hydraulic tools to lift the car off the injured person. A landing zone was set up at the parking lot of a building on South River Road, and the patient was brought to the waiting ambulance.
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As the helicopter was preparing to land, based on communication between the medics on the ground and flight medics the helicopter aborted the landing. The patient was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and succumbed to injuries a short time later.
An elderly man driving the passenger car was walked to the ambulance and taken to the hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries.
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Several people who witnessed the accident assisted the injured people and assisted firefighters when they arrived. Many of the witnesses were visibly shaken from the incident.
Initial information indicated the passenger car was traveling South on South River Road and turned left onto Commerce Park North. The motorcycle that appeared to be traveling North struck the side of the vehicle, with at least one person on the motorcycle going under the vehicle. The motorcycle careened off the road and into the wood line.
This incident is being investigated by the Bedford Police Department and the Bedford Police Department Technical Reconstruction Team.
South River Road was closed so the accident investigation team could process the scene.
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