Londonderry News

At about half past noon a couple impacted a telephone pole at the intersection of Gillcrest and Sugarplum. They were taken by Derry Ambulance to Parkland where Medflight was awaiting on the Parkland Landing Pad.

At about 2:15pm a motorcycle and auto impacted near the Lukoil Gas Station near the Crossroads Mall. The driver of the Motorcycle was transported by Medflight to Beth Israel Hospital at about 3pm.

More details will follow as they become available from the Londonderry Police. Both Police, Fire and Medflight pilots conducted extensive operations and continue to route traffic and investigate this afternoon.

A transcript “As it Happened” was available in the Breaking news box a the upper right hand corner of this website. A full record of the breaking news published during the events is available HERE on the Londonderry Hometown Online News Twitter Page. For those following, these updates were provided real-time, to a cell phone or desktop of the reader.

Londonderry Police Department issued Preliminary press releases at 6:30pm the day of these accidents, read the rest of the story to view them.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT – ROUTE 102 NEAR MOHAWK DRIVE
DATE: 4/15/2009

On Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at about 2:20 pm the Londonderry Police Department and the Londonderry Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident near the intersection of Route 102 and Mohawk Drive in Londonderry.

The accident involved one passenger vehicle, a 2004 Volvo station wagon XC70 with New Hampshire registration, and a motorcycle, a 2007 DL1000K7 with New Hampshire registration. The passenger vehicle was traveling from Mohawk Drive across the eastbound lane of Rt 102 making a left onto Rt 102 westbound when the motorcycle, traveling eastbound on Rt 102 hit the driver’s side of the vehicle.

The male operator of the motorcycle was transported to a Boston Hospital by Med Flight helicopter with serious injuries. The female operator of the passenger vehicle was being treated at the scene of the accident with possible transport.

The Londonderry Police Department Technical Accident Reconstruction Team was called out and is investigating the accident. The information on the drivers could not be obtained at this time due to the short time frame between two serious accidents and the use of the TAR team in both cases. The operator information will be released at a later time.

Added Later int the Day;The motorcycle operator was: Wayne Lambert, age 51, of Nashua, NH.
The Volvo driver was: Muriel Normand, age 65, of Windham, NH
We have no additional information at this hour regarding the condition of any of the parties involved.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT – GILCREST @ SUGAR PLUM
DATE: 4/15/2009

On Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 at about 12:15 pm the Londonderry Police Department and Londonderry Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident near the intersection of Gilcrest Road and Sugar Plum in Londonderry.

The accident involved one vehicle into a utility pole. There were two occupants in the vehicle, a 2000 blue Toyota Echo with a New Hampshire registration, at the time of the accident. The driver, Walter Popp, age 78 of Allenstown, was transported by Med Flight helicopter to a hospital in Boston in serious life threatening condition. The passenger, an elderly female not identified yet, was transported to the Elliot hospital with what appears to be non-life threatening injuries.

The Londonderry Police Technical Accident Reconstruction Team was called out and is investigating the accident. Due to the short time frame between this accident and a subsequent serious accident which also required the TAR team’s response, the passenger’s information will be released at a later time.

Added later in the day;Mr. Popp’s passenger was his wife, Gloria, also of Allenstown. Her age is not presently available.