Exeter Teen's Truck Flies 40 Feet, Crashes

One person suffered serious internal injuries and three others sustained non life-threatening injuries after the truck they were riding in crashed Sunday in Hampton.

Emilie Cloutier, 17, of Quebec, Canada, was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Massachusetts for undisclosed injuries following the single-vehicle accident, which occurred around 2:50 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of High Street and Mill Pond Lane, according to Hampton Deputy Police Chief Rich Sawyer.

Sawyer said Cloutier was a passenger in a 2004 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Christopher J. Hardy, 19, of Exeter, when the truck failed to negotiate a curve while traveling west on High Street toward Mill Pond Lane.

Sawyer said the vehicle — in which Corey Nardone, 22, of Hampton, and Virginie Clusiault, 19, of Quebec, Canada, were also riding — lost control and went off the roadway before colliding with a rock, sending the truck airborne.

The truck flew about 40 feet in the air before striking a telephone pole and coming to a rest, according to Sawyer.

Additional details about the accident weren't available Sunday.

Sawyer said Hardy, Nardone and Clusiault were transported to local hospitals for their undisclosed, non-life-threatening injuries.

The accident is still under investigation. Sawyer asked anyone with additional information to contact the at 929-4444.

Members of the Hampton police and responded to the accident scene Sunday morning.