DRIVER DECEASED IN TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH IN TILTON

TILTON, N.H. – The driver of a tractor-trailer unit is deceased after a crash on Interstate 93.

At 1:52 a.m. on Friday, August 8, 2025, the State Police dispatch received a report of a tractor-trailer unit crash on Interstate 93 southbound close to mile marker 57.

Troopers assigned to the Troop D barracks responded and, upon arrival on the scene, identified the tractor as a 2025 Black Western Star and the trailer as a 2017 Blue Manac Trailer.

The preliminary investigation determined that the driver of the tractor-trailer unit had, for reasons that remain under investigation, failed to negotiate a curve in the road, broke through the center median guardrail, traveled through the median and the embankment, across the railroad tracks, where the tractor-trailer unit came to a final rest on its side in the Winnipesaukee River.

The driver’s identity is being withheld at this time pending next of kin notification.

The left lane of Interstate 93 southbound by mile marker 57 remains closed at this time, and delays are to be expected in this area. Troopers are being assisted on scene by members of the Tilton-Northfield Fire District, the Tilton Police Department, and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.

All aspects of this crash are still under investigation. Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Trooper Conor Davis at Conor.K.Davis@dos.nh.gov.