THROUGHOUT THE PAST THREE MONTHS. A HEAD ON CRASH AT THE BEDFORD TOLL BOOTH SENT THREE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL TUESDAY. THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT THESE CRASHES ARE NOT NEW. MORE THAN A HALF A DOZEN IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS. STATE POLICE SAY MANY FACTORS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCREASE. PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MEDICAL EPISODES BEHIND THE WHEEL. WE SEE A LOT OF DISTRACTED DRIVING WITH THE CELL PHONE SPEED, ANYTHING THAT TAKES THEIR ATTENTION OFF OF OF THE ROAD. IN TUESDAY’S CRASH, A RED PICKUP TRUCK TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND DRIFTED INTO THE HIGH SPEED TOLL LANE, CRASHING HEAD ON INTO A WHITE SUV HEADING NORTHBOUND. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THE STATE IS LOOKING TO REMOVE TOLL PLAZAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, IN PART TO INCREASE SAFETY. PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO AGREE NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION ANYMORE. I RIDE A MOTORCYCLE AND I HAVE TO HAVE ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT EYES, SO I THINK THAT ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP MOVE THINGS ALONG WOULD HELP SAFETY. SO REMOVING THE TOLL BOOTHS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. I THINK THAT SIMPLIFYING IT WITH AN E-ZPASS SYSTEM WOULD MAKE IT A LOT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY. UM, AND THEY’RE JUST WIDER, YOU KNOW, THERE’S LESS CRASH HAZARDS. NOW WE HAVE NO WORD ON HOW THOSE PEOPLE ARE FARING AT THE HOSPITAL TODAY, BUT WE DID SPEAK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WHO SAID, WORK ON TAKING DOWN THESE TOLL PLAZAS WILL START IN THE SUMMER OF 2026 AND TAKE ABOUT A Y
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Head-on crash at New Hampshire toll plaza leaves victims with 'significant injuries'
Police said three people suffered "significant injuries" in a head-on crash at a New Hampshire toll plaza on Tuesday. The crash happened around 10:15 a.m. at the Everett Turnpike toll plaza in Bedford, New Hampshire.When state troopers arrived, they found two vehicles had collided head-on in an E-ZPass lane.Police said a maroon Ford F-250 pickup truck, driven by Scott Wein, 48, of Loudon, New Hampshire, had been traveling southbound just before the Bedford Toll Plaza when the pickup crossed the median and briefly continued southbound in a northbound lane.According to police, as Wein's pickup truck drove in the wrong direction and entered the lane farthest to the left on the northbound side of the turnpike.The pick-up truck collided with white BMW X3 head-on, police said. Police said Wein and the two people inside the BMW, Peter Kemeny, 68, of Quebec, Canada and Kemeny’s front-seat passenger, Daphna Vermes, 67, also of Canada, sustained significant injuries.All three were transported to a nearby hospital in Manchester for treatment. No toll plaza workers were hurt, police said. The Everett Turnpike toll plaza does not have any high-speed E-ZPass lanes and the toll plaza area is not divided by any walls or guardrails. The speed limit for drivers passing through the toll plaza lanes is 25 mph.Tuesday's crash comes less than a week after a fatal crash at the same toll plaza. New Hampshire State Police said Scott Defreitas, 52, of Nashua, was killed June 13 when his Mercedes SL 500 hit the toll barrier on the southbound side of the plaza and caught fire.A few weeks earlier, a Massachusetts man was killed after the truck he was driving crashed at the Hampton Toll Plaza on Interstate 95 over Memorial Day weekend. Several days earlier, another Massachusetts man was injured in a crash at the same toll plaza.Tolls are collected on several roads in New Hampshire, including the Everett Turnpike, Spaulding Turnpike and Interstate 95.
BEDFORD, N.H. —
Police said three people suffered "significant injuries" in a head-on crash at a New Hampshire toll plaza on Tuesday.
The crash happened around 10:15 a.m. at the Everett Turnpike toll plaza in Bedford, New Hampshire.
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When state troopers arrived, they found two vehicles had collided head-on in an E-ZPass lane.
Police said a maroon Ford F-250 pickup truck, driven by Scott Wein, 48, of Loudon, New Hampshire, had been traveling southbound just before the Bedford Toll Plaza when the pickup crossed the median and briefly continued southbound in a northbound lane.
New Hampshire State Police
According to police, as Wein's pickup truck drove in the wrong direction and entered the lane farthest to the left on the northbound side of the turnpike.
The pick-up truck collided with white BMW X3 head-on, police said.
Police said Wein and the two people inside the BMW, Peter Kemeny, 68, of Quebec, Canada and Kemeny’s front-seat passenger, Daphna Vermes, 67, also of Canada, sustained significant injuries.
All three were transported to a nearby hospital in Manchester for treatment.
No toll plaza workers were hurt, police said.
The Everett Turnpike toll plaza does not have any high-speed E-ZPass lanes and the toll plaza area is not divided by any walls or guardrails. The speed limit for drivers passing through the toll plaza lanes is 25 mph.
Driver identified after fiery fatal crash into New Hampshire toll plaza
Tuesday's crash comes less than a week after a fatal crash at the same toll plaza.
New Hampshire State Police said Scott Defreitas, 52, of Nashua, was killed June 13 when his Mercedes SL 500 hit the toll barrier on the southbound side of the plaza and caught fire.
A few weeks earlier, a Massachusetts man was killed after the truck he was driving crashed at the Hampton Toll Plaza on Interstate 95 over Memorial Day weekend. Several days earlier, another Massachusetts man was injured in a crash at the same toll plaza.
Tolls are collected on several roads in New Hampshire, including the Everett Turnpike, Spaulding Turnpike and Interstate 95.
