Traffic & Transit
Tractor-Trailer Hangs Off 293 In Manchester Onto Exit 5 Off-Ramp
Initial reports are that a car was also involved in the crash Friday morning. Two people have been transported to local hospitals.
Manchester, NH — NHSP, Manchester firefighters and police, and AMR are at the scene of a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 293 south in Manchester in the Exit 5 and Granite Street area Friday morning.
The tractor-trailer appeared to have lost control and the trailer was hanging over the Exit 5 southbound offramp. During the truck's crash, a passenger car appears to have struck the tractor-trailer unit. I-293 south was closed at the Exit 5 offramp southbound while the scene was under investigation.
Initial reports are that the truck's tanks, which held about 130 gallons of fuel, were compromised, and fire crews are working to contain that.
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NH Department of Environmental Services is responding to the scene.
AMR Ambulance transported at least two people from the scene of the accident.
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Updated details will be provided as they become available.
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