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Miraculously, only one hurt in four-car crash on Rt. 16

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First responders from Milton Police and Fire as well as State Police at the scene of a four-car pileup south of Exit 17 on Friday night. (Milton Fire and Rescue photo)

MILTON - A fiery four-vehicle pileup on Route 16 in Milton closed the entire highway for about two hours on Friday.

Despite three of the vehicles having to be towed from the scene, miraculously only one person suffered injuries and they were minor, police say.

State Police said the incident was reported a little after 10:15, and when troopers and Milton Police arrived on scene, they found multiple vehicles in various portions of the roadway.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2004 Dodge Stratus being operated by Sarah O'Halloran, 31 of Sanbornville, was driving southbound south of Exit 17 when she encountered a large, orange, lighted arrow board in the middle of the roadway.

Due to the ongoing construction in the area, the sign had been placed in that location to provide early warning of a lane shift in the roadway. For a reason that remains under investigation, O'Halloran failed to negotiate the lane shift and drove into the arrow board, knocking it on its side and pushing it into oncoming northbound traffic.

As traffic stopped on the northbound side due to the unexpected road obstruction, a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, being operated by Thomas Clem, 53, of Woonsocket, R.I., had stopped about 10 vehicles back, with a 2004 Nissan Altima, being driven by Monica Nasser, 30, of Cambridge, Mass., just behind Clem.

A 2010 Honda Accord, being driven by Carletta Murphy, 25, of Rochester, however, was unable to stop in time and drove into the back of the Nissan, which then was pushed into the Chevrolet causing minor rear end damage.

As a result of the impact the Nissan sustained significant front and rear end damage and became fully engulfed in flames, destroying the vehicle. The Honda, meanwhile, had significant damage to the front end.
As a result of the crash Murphy was transported by Milton Fire and Rescue to Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester with minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.
Due to the placement of the vehicles, Route 16 was completely shut down at Exit 17 north and south for approximately two hours while the crash was investigated and vehicles were removed from the roadway.

Construction signage was then put back in place.

This crash remains under investigation, and anyone with information pertaining to this incident is asked to contact Trooper John Forbes, New Hampshire State Police, Troop-A, at (603)223-8490 or via email at John. Forbes@dos.nh.gov.

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