Elderly Concord Woman Struck By Car On North Main Street

CONCORD, NH — North Main and Franklin streets were closed for more than seven hours on Saturday after a crash between a car and a motorized wheelchair.

Just past 10:30 a.m., fire and rescue teams were sent to the intersection of Franklin and North Main streets. Callers reported to both police and fire dispatchers a car collided with a motor scooter wheelchair and a person was down in the street.

The first officer who arrived closed the street while other officers arrived. North Main’s intersection with Interstate 393 and Bouton Street and the roundabout on Franklin and North State streets were all immediately closed to traffic.

According to scanner chatter, the car involved was a Toyota Corolla with New York plates driven by a teenager.

A trauma alert was activated at Concord Hospital for the victim, an elderly woman with serious bodily injuries. An officer followed the EMTs to the hospital, with one officer saying the victim had not yet been identified.

Several witnesses spoke to police at the scene while officers put up crime scene tape. Evidence technicians were requested later. Concord General Services was also asked to bring direction signs to the crash scene.

The driver’s parents came to the crash scene and one officer requested another to bring a voluntary blood sample form to the scene.

The victim was taken into surgery with a significant leg wound, one officer said.

The closed street was reopened just before 6 p.m.

Concord NH Patch will update this post when more information becomes available.

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