Serious Injuries Reported in Thornton Single-Vehicle Crash on Route 49

October 15, 2025 — by Scanner Alerts Media

THORNTON, N.H. — A man was seriously injured this morning in a single-vehicle crash in Thornton when a pickup truck left Route 49 and struck a tree. This report is based on emergency radio communications.

Rescue crews from the Campton-Thornton and Waterville Valley fire departments were dispatched just after 8 a.m. Responders located the vehicle about 50 feet down an embankment, north of the Sandwich Notch Road turn-off. Upon arrival, crews reported a status-one patient entrapped in the pickup. Radio traffic indicated the man was the sole occupant of the vehicle.

Incident command requested air medical support from DHART for a patient described over the air as having multi-system trauma. Dispatch later advised that DHART’s units were unavailable to take the mission. Ground crews continued patient care at the scene.

With air medical transport unavailable, the patient was moved from the crash area and transported by ground ambulance under a trauma alert to Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth. Units coordinated access and movement along Route 49 while crews worked in the embankment area. Radio updates focused on patient condition, resource needs, and transport decisions consistent with a status-one medical priority.

The initial call described a single-vehicle crash with the pickup off the roadway and into a tree. Subsequent radio transmissions confirmed the location reference on Route 49 and the approximate distance down the embankment. Crews from both departments remained engaged in patient care, securing the vehicle, and navigating the terrain to facilitate removal and transport. No additional occupants were reported in any of the radio traffic reviewed for this report.

No further details regarding contributing factors, vehicle speed, or roadway conditions were included in the radio communications monitored for this article. Any additional information from official agencies will be reported as it becomes available.

Credit: Emergency radio communications