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New Hampshire governor and her security team assist driver after crash · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: At approximately eleven to fifty five am, State Police Dispatch
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  Speaker 1: received a report of a vehicle that had crashed into
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  Speaker 1: the toll plaza located on the F. Everett Turnpike northbound
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  Speaker 1: in the town of Bedford. Shortly after the crash, one
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  Speaker 1: of our state troopers assigned to the Governor's Security Detail,
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  Speaker 1: came upon the accident just after it had crashed into
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  Speaker 1: the toll plaza, recognized that it was a serious collision
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  Speaker 1: with the cement barriers at the tolls. The vehicle immediately
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  Speaker 1: became engulfed in flames in The trooper, without hesitation, responded
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  Speaker 1: to the vehicle along with a couple of bystanders and
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  Speaker 1: proceeded to remove the mail operator from the vehicle to
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  Speaker 1: provide aid. Troopers from Troop B Barracks responded within minutes
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  Speaker 1: of the call, along with troopers from Troop G, Bedford
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  Speaker 1: Fire and Rescue, you Litchfield and Merrimack Fire Departments, along
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  Speaker 1: with the Department of Transportation. The northbound lanes of the
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  Speaker 1: FA Effort Turnpike remain closed at this time. DOT is
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  Speaker 1: currently assessing the damage to the toll plaza as a
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  Speaker 1: result of both the collision and the fire, and they
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  Speaker 1: should be doing their work, you know, shortly to be
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  Speaker 1: making that safe for travels. So the operator was taken
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  Speaker 1: to an area hospital where he's being treated for serious
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  Speaker 1: but non life threatening injuries. In his condition right now
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  Speaker 1: is unknown, and the accident still remains under investigation.
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  Speaker 2: So your trooper that jumped in, can you tell us
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  Speaker 2: exactly what he did called the car over and did
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  Speaker 2: he yanked out through the window to over the door
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  Speaker 2: where with the person?
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  Speaker 1: Like I said, the accident is still an investigation, so
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  Speaker 1: I don't have all of the details about the event.
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  Speaker 1: But the trooper, you know, like I said, without hesitation
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  Speaker 1: recogniz said it was a serious crash and that there
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  Speaker 1: was clearly somebody still within the vehicle and they were
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  Speaker 1: able to believe pull the person out through the window,
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  Speaker 1: along with a couple of bystanders that also stopped to
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  Speaker 1: help help the troopers.
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  Speaker 3: So get out of the vehicle and help closed she
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  Speaker 3: to this incident.
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  Speaker 1: The Governor was their on scene. Like I said, it
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  Speaker 1: was a trooper from her security detail. The Governor did
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  Speaker 1: did get out of the vehicle and tried to assist
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  Speaker 1: in any way she could at the scene. She wasn't
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  Speaker 1: in harm's way at any point.
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  Speaker 3: But she has a.
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  Speaker 1: Great deal of care for our citizens and tried to
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  Speaker 1: do what she could at the scene to provide assistance.
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  Speaker 3: Did she have a fire extinguisher.
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  Speaker 2: That she used.
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  Speaker 3: I believe she did.
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  Speaker 1: You know, there was other people that had stopped at
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  Speaker 1: the scene, and I believe she did try to get
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  Speaker 1: a fire extinguisher from somebody's vehicle to help out.
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  Speaker 2: And how many other bystanders were there besides the governor.
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  Speaker 3: And her security several people that stopped at the scene.
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  Speaker 1: I believe it was two others that helped the trooper
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  Speaker 1: remove the driver from the vehicle. Can you tell us anything.
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  Speaker 2: About the trooper who jumped in as to how long
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  Speaker 2: he has been with Is.
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  Speaker 3: It was a man, but was it a woman trooper?
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  Speaker 3: Can you tell us like background, how long?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not at liberty to talk about there because
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  Speaker 1: of their assignment. I'm not at liberty to discuss their
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  Speaker 1: identity or but it is a veteran trooper and certainly
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  Speaker 1: their actions were heroic in what they did, without hesitation,
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  Speaker 1: put themselves in danger to render aid to somebody that
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  Speaker 1: clearly was in need of it. And you know, the
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  Speaker 1: vehicle became fully engulfed in flames, it was.
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  Speaker 3: It was a pretty dangerous situation. What kind of car
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  Speaker 3: was this? And you know the us IT factor.
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  Speaker 1: The car was a twenty twenty six Lucid Gravid. It's
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  Speaker 1: an electric vehicle, which posts some challenges for the fire
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  Speaker 1: crews that were there trying to extinguish the flames. As
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  Speaker 1: far as the investigation goes, I don't have any specifics.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's still very early on to determine why
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  Speaker 1: the accident actually happens, so I don't have any specifics
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  Speaker 1: on the actual investigation.
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  Speaker 2: Oh didn't have Massachusets waits.
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  Speaker 3: Do you know what your chances to Massachusets.
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  Speaker 1: You that, I'm not aware. Just one person, yes, just
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  Speaker 1: single occupant.
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  Speaker 2: I know that you don't know all the details of
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  Speaker 2: how the same happened.
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  Speaker 1: But you did say that the.
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  Speaker 3: Driver receiver through a window.
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  Speaker 2: You had heard something about the driver bement and passing
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  Speaker 2: hard to get away from the fiery wreck.
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  Speaker 3: Is there anything to that as far as you know,
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  Speaker 3: that could very well be. I don't have that information.
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  Speaker 1: It very well could be that, you know, to get
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  Speaker 1: them away from the scene. Obviously, it was dangerous situation
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  Speaker 1: for everybody involved, so that very well could be. But
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  Speaker 1: Eventually they were transported by ems to the hospital.
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  Speaker 2: Did you talk to the trooper to the governor afterwards
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  Speaker 2: and what.
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  Speaker 1: Was the back for I talked to the trooper make
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  Speaker 1: sure they were okay, you know, fortunately no serious injuries
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  Speaker 1: and they're doing and just fine and you know, just
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  Speaker 1: as as many of them say, just doing their jobs.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm very appreciative of their efforts.
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  Speaker 3: Pars might be.
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  Speaker 2: Outside of your view of so apologies, but we've covered
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  Speaker 2: crashes at this particular location before. Are there any concerns
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  Speaker 2: about a physical toll booth versus an automated to This
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  Speaker 2: is something.
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  Speaker 1: That working into well, there is a project ongoing to
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  Speaker 1: improve the toll plaza. We have had several crashes there
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  Speaker 1: over the years, and I think there's a project underway,
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  Speaker 1: but the Department of Transportation would be able to give
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  Speaker 1: you specifics on what exactly has taken place and how
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  Speaker 1: long that's going to take.
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  Speaker 2: Is there anyone else injured besides this driver, any of
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  Speaker 2: the bystanders.
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  Speaker 3: Of people who helped out.
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  Speaker 1: No, nobody else was injured, just just the occupant of
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  Speaker 1: the vehicle.
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  Speaker 3: All right, so much, No, that's about it. We'll update
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  Speaker 3: you as soon as we have more information was driving them, Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And they were headed north to you do you know
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  Speaker 2: where they were going? Like, were they coming from an
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  Speaker 2: event to this?
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  Speaker 1: I I don't know their their locations, but they were
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  Speaker 1: traveling northbound on the Turnpike.