SCHOOL BUS CRASH
REPORTS 2007
6-Year-Old Killed in N.H. Crash;
Kingston Bus Accident Injures 8 Students
Thursday, February 15, 2007
A host of spinouts and other accidents
caused problems today across the region in the wake of the season's
first major storm, with a 6-year-old boy killed this morning on an icy
interstate in New Hampshire and eight students suffering minor injuries
in a school bus crash in Kingston.
Most of the traffic problems were in
southern New Hampshire on Interstate 93, where Brendan Mahoney of Derry
died when the car he was riding in hit a jackknifed tractor-trailer at
about 7 a.m., according to a release from New Hampshire State Police.
Brendan was rushed to Parkland Medical Center in Derry and pronounced
dead.
The driver of the car, Kimberly Kyle, 26,
of Derry, was taken to Elliot Hospital in Manchester with serious
injuries but is expected to survive, police said. The truck driver,
Francis Hammond, 41, of St. Fabien, Quebec, was not injured.
The crash, which completely closed the
interstate in Londonderry for 30 minutes, remains under investigation,
police said.
Earlier in the morning, a stretch of I-93
just north of the Massachusetts border was closed for several hours in
both directions when two tractor-trailers jackknifed and dozens of cars
skidded off the road. There were no serious injuries, police said.
The first truck jackknifed at about 5
a.m. in the Windham-Derry area. Northbound traffic began moving at about
7 a.m., but the southbound lanes heading toward Boston remained closed
for several more hours.
In Kingston, Mass., eight children and
two adults suffered minor injuries when a 1999 Jeep Cherokee hit a
school bus on Pembroke Street at about 7 a.m., according to Kingston
police.
All eight students who suffered injuries
were able to walk to ambulances, said a dispatcher for the Kingston Fire
Department. The injured, which included the drivers of the bus and the
SUV, were taken to Jordan Hospital.
Across most of Massachusetts, State
Police did not receive reports of any serious accidents during the
morning rush, according to Sergeant Robert Bousquet.
Material from the Associated Press was
included in this report.
By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff
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