Hundreds of rounds of ammunition explode during fiery New Hampshire car crash
A fiery car crash[1] in New Hampshire[2] resulted in the explosion of hundreds of rounds of ammunition Saturday afternoon, according to New Hampshire State Police.
A little before 3 p.m., police[3] received a report that a vehicle that had crashed after driving "erratically" on I-93 north in Bow, state police said in a press release[4]. The vehicle hit the center median before "ricocheting" back across all lanes of traffic and hitting another vehicle.
The vehicle then continued into the woods where it struck several trees and caught fire, police said. The three people in the vehicle were able to escape, and one was taken to a hospital with significant but non-life-threatening injuries.
No one in the vehicle that was hit was injured.
Officers shutdown all northbound lanes due to the fire, but as it got bigger, several hundred rounds of ammunition that were in the vehicle began to explode, police said.
This forced officers to shutdown all southbound lanes until fire crews arrived at the scene and got the fire under control.
The names of the people in the vehicle are being withheld while police investigate the incident, police said.
One of those people was arrested on several warrants, and they may face additional charges.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Trooper Joshua Farmer at [email protected][7] or by calling (603) 227-0038.
References
- ^ car crash (www.masslive.com)
- ^ New Hampshire (www.masslive.com)
- ^ police (www.masslive.com)
- ^ a press release (www.facebook.com)
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