Rollover In Pembroke Causes Thousands To Lose Power In Epsom, Chichester, Concord, Allenstown

PEMBROKE, NH — Pembroke police are investigating a rollover crash that knocked out power to thousands on Thursday morning.

A little past 5 a.m., Capital Region Dispatch began receiving reports of a rollover crash at Dover Road/Route 4 and Horse Corner Road. Callers reported that a single vehicle was involved in the collision and that a utility pole sustained damage. Less than a minute later, fire dispatch reported a transformer with an issue on D’Amante Drive. Witnesses also began calling the Concord police to report traffic lights off in the area, including Loudon Road and Route 106. Police dispatch also reported alarm activations.

Fire dispatch called Unitil, which was also aware of the outage.

Police confirmed there were multiple lights out, along with two transformers with issues. Concord firefighters also confirmed power was out on Loudon Road east of D’Amante.

A dispatcher reported a driver claimed the pole snapped during the rollover.

After arriving at the scene, the Pembroke firefighter commander said they were working with Chichester police to shut down both sides of the road completely.

At 5:15 a.m., the fire commander requested the New Hampshire Department of Transportation be sent to the scene.

“This will be a long-duration closure, so they could start getting some messaging out for the morning commute,” they said.

The road was closed between Ricker Road and Horse Corner Road.

Around 6:45 a.m., the utility reported that more than 1,500 customers in Epsom were without power, nearly 1,200 in Chichester, over 200 in Concord, about 50 customers in Loudon were out, and about a dozen each in Allenstown and Pembroke, too.

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