Jun 9, 2006 9:39 pm US/Eastern
New Hampshire Bike Week Crash Kills 3
STODDARD, N.H. (CBS4) ―
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The accident happened during the noon hour on Route Nine in Stoddard, in the southwestern part of the state.
The Keene Sentinel
A deadly start to the annual Bike Week in New Hampshire.
Police say three people died Friday in an accident involving a Jeep and seven motorcycles. The crash was in Stoddard, New Hampshire. The motorcyclists were on their way to Motorcycle Week in Laconia.
According to New Hampshire State Police, seven motorcycles were riding in two groups on Route Nine eastbound when the second motorcycle in line drifted over the solid yellow line and into the westbound side of the road.
Deborah Huston, 51, of Bowdoinham, Maine, who was driving her Jeep in the westbound lane, tried to avoid the motorcycle, but was unsuccessful. The Jeep and the motorcycle collided. Huston's Jeep rolled over into the eastbound lane, where it hit the last three motorcycles traveling with the group.
Huston was taken to Cheshire Medical Center where she was treated and released. Huston's two passengers were also treated and released.
Steven Leamy, 38, of Broad Brook, Conn., Larry McFetridge, 54, of Bristol, Conn. and Christopher Fontaine, 39, of Chicopee, Mass. were all pronounced dead at the scene.
Motorcyclist Donald Greene, 43, of East Hartford, Conn. is in critical condition at Dartmouth Hichock Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Two other riders, Kurt Neligon, 46, of Granby, Connecticut and Dean Stoddard, 41, of Easthampton, Mass. were also involved in the crash. Neligon suffers from a leg injury and Stoddard was uninjured.
The crash closed down that part of Route Nine for five hours.
According to state police, the crash is still under investigation.
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