LONDONDERRY — A Pelham man was killed in a Friday afternoon crash after his vehicle left the interstate and struck a concrete bridge support.
State troopers assigned to the Troop B barracks responded at about 1:50 p.m., Friday, to a report of a single-vehicle crash near the mile marker 12 on Interstate 93 in Londonderry.
Witnesses reported that the Buick sedan left the road and entered the center median dividing the highway. The vehicle continued traveling in the medium for a distance before crashing into a concrete bridge support.
The sedan was pictured with heavy damage to its front and driver’s side, debris scattered around the car and off the roadway on a grass embankment.
First responders attempted life-saving measures at the scene before transporting the driver to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver was identified as Robert Lemieux, 38, of Pelham.
The left lanes of the southbound side of Interstate 93 were closed for approximately an hour and a half while the crash scene was investigated.
Troopers were assisted by members of the Londonderry Fire Department, the Derry Fire Department and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
The incident remains under investigation by authorities. Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Trooper Evan Puopolo at Evan.R.Puopolo@dos.nh.gov.