Traffic & Transit
Needham Woman ID’d As Driver Who Died In Fiery I-93 Crash In NH
Maya Muchnik, 78, of Needham, MA, was killed after a collision on Wednesday with a tractor-trailer truck on Interstate 93 in Derry, NH.
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DERRY, NH — New Hampshire State Police are investigating a crash that killed a Massachusetts driver on Interstate 93 in Derry on Wednesday.
Around 6:15 p.m., state troopers were sent to the southbound side of the highway for a report of a crash between a car and a tractor-trailer truck. During the crash, the truck, driven by Luciano Miguel Garone, 26, of Stallings, North Carolina, caught on fire.
The driver of the car, a 2009 Lexus ES350, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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On Friday, she was identified as Maya Muchnik, 78, of Needham, MA, Amber Lagace, the public information officer for state police, said. The department’s Collision Analysis & Reconstruction Unit was requested and has led the investigation.
All aspects of the crash remain under investigation, she said.
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Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is urged to contact Trooper Eric Torrens at [email protected] or 603-545‐4396.
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