MILAN, NH – A call was received Friday by emergency services that a woman had sustained serious injuries after being involved in a single-vehicle snowmobile crash. The initial call and information gave a GPS coordinate location on Primary Trail 109 in Milan.
Berlin Police Department, Berlin Fire, Berlin EMS, Milan, Dummer Ambulance, and Milan Fire and Rescue responded to the call. NH Fish and Game was notified of the incident at about 4:30 p.m.
A Conservation Officer responded to the call from Lancaster. The Conservation Officer plotted the GPS coordinates that were received from 911 on the New Hampshire Snowmobile Association (NHSA) Snowmobile Trail Map Phone App to get a better idea of the exact location. This Phone App showed that the closest access to the crash scene was from the end of Spruceville Road in Milan.
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The Conservation Officer who responded to the call met with two Berlin Police Officers and hiked from the end of Spruceville Road to the scene. These three officers met with all the rescue crew members on the scene. The three officers assisted the rescue crew in getting the patient into Berlin Fire’s Tracked Rescue UTV.
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The patient was identified at the scene as Shawnee Hollis, 39, of North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Hollis was riding with three friends at the crash, all operating their own sleds. Hollis was also second in the group of four on her own individual sled.
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Investigation at the scene showed that Hollis failed to navigate a downhill left turn while traveling east on Primary Trail 109. The snowmobile that Hollis was operating struck a tree approximately thirteen feet off the right side of the trail.
Hollis was transported from the scene to a Milan and Dummer Ambulance staged at Spruceville Road. Multiple attempts were made to get an emergency helicopter and fixed-wing air ambulance to assist with the emergency. Due to many circumstances, they were not able to fly.
Hollis was transported by Milan Dummer Ambulance to Androscoggin Valley Hospital (AVH). At some point, during the night of the crash or early morning of February 17, 2024, Hollis was transported from AVH to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
At approximately on Saturday at 1:45 a.m. Hollis succumbed to her injuries.
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Conservation Officers say Inexperience is the leading factor in the crash.
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WILTON, N.H. (WHDH) – A woman died in a Wilton, New Hampshire, house fire Wednesday morning, according to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office.
At 9:08 a.m., Wilton firefighters responded to Burns Hill Road after a caller said their home was filling up with smoke. When they arrived, a single-family home was on fire and they found out two people were still inside on the second floor.
A man and a woman were both taken out of the house by firefighters and taken to Elliott Hospital. The woman was pronounced dead and the man is in serious condition.
Officials have not released the name of the victim at this time.
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At this time, investigators are looking into the cause of the fire and are trying to determine if a power outage in the area played a factor. The fire is not currently considered suspicious.
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Diane Durgin, 67, is accused of shooting at a Black man who inadvertently drove to her property after a prearranged truck part sale, prosecutors said.
A New Hampshire woman is accused of violating the state’s Civil Rights Act four times after she allegedly shot at a man because he was Black, prosecutors said.
Diane Durgin, 67, of Weare, N.H. could face up to a $5,000 fine for each violation she is found to have committed, the office of New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said in a press release Tuesday.
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Durgin is also charged with criminal threatening against a person with a deadly weapon and attempted first degree assault with a deadly weapon, Michael Garrity, a media representative for the New Hampshire Attorney General, said in an emailed statement to Boston.com.
Durgin had a final pre-trial conference last week, Garrity said.
In a civil complaint filed Tuesday, Durgin is accused of threatening physical force against the victim, the AG said. Prosecutors asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction barring Durgin from repeating her alleged behavior and from contacting the victim and his family.
During the morning hours of Oct. 20, 2024, the victim claims, he “mistakenly” drove to Durgin’s home after a prearranged purchase of a truck part with a seller online, prosecutors wrote as part of their request for an injunction.
When the man — whom prosecutors identified in court documents as X.G. — arrived, Durgin allegedly stepped out of her home and approached his car with a gun “holstered by her waist,” prosecutors wrote.
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Upon noticing that X.G. was Black, Durgin allegedly “removed her gun and pointed it at X.G.,” prosecutors said in the injunction request.
While X.G. explained that he was lost, Durgin called the victim a “Black mother[expletive],” and threatened to “kill him,” prosecutors allege.
As the victim attempted to drive away, Durgin allegedly took her gun and fired two shots at the fleeing man’s car, missing both times, the AG’s office said.
While on the phone with a dispatcher, Durgin allegedly said she shot the man’s car because the victim is Black, the AG said.
“The guy is Black. And he, he…he says he’s meeting someone here and I think he’s coming here to steal,” Durgin allegedly said.
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Police located X.G. and brought him to the Weare Police Department, stopping along the way at the correct seller’s home to complete the truck part purchase, prosecutors wrote in court documents.
To prove a violation of the New Hampshire Civil Rights Act, the AG must show that Durgin “interfered or attempted to interfere with the rights of the victim to engage in lawful activities by threatening to engage in or actually engage in physical force or violence, when such actual or threatening conduct was motivated by race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, or disability,” prosecutors said.
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