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Mass. man rescued from NH mountain after 'floundering in waist deep snow'

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Mass. man rescued from NH mountain after 'floundering in waist deep snow'


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The man, from Acton, was not injured and was able to hike down after rescuers brought him snowshoes.

A Massachusetts man was rescued by New Hampshire Fish and Game Friday between Mount Guyot and South Twin Mountain after losing the trail he was on and getting stuck in waist-deep snow without snowshoes.


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The man, 52, from Acton, set off for a two-day excursion on Thursday. After sheltering just west of Mount Guyot overnight Thursday, he inadvertently got off Twinway Trail while hiking toward Galehead Friday morning. He texted 911 saying that his phone was going to die and “that he had lost the trail and was in deep snow without snowshoes,” NH Fish and Game officials said. 

Conservation Officers and volunteers from the Pemi Valley Search and Rescue Team started a 6.5 mile hike in to the man from Gale River Road in Bethlehem. The NH Army National Guard tried accessing the hiker using a plane, though the weather prevented them from reaching him. 

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The rescuers found him a short distance south of Twinway Trail at 5:20 p.m., and they all hiked back to Gale River Road, arriving at 10:05 pm. 

“[The hiker] was extremely grateful for the assistance provided and for the attempt by the NH Army National Guard,” NH Fish and Game said. 

They said that the man was prepared with a tent, sleeping bag, extra clothing, food water, traction devices, the ten essentials, and a Hike Safe card, an NH Fish and Game-issued card that protects holders from having to pay for rescue costs if they need to be rescued. 

“The only item he lacked that would have proven helpful were a pair of snowshoes,” the department said. 





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5-year-old injured in New Year’s day Manchester, New Hampshire apartment building fire dies

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The child who was injured during a New Year’s Day apartment building fire in Manchester, New Hampshire has died, the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal announced on Saturday.

The 5-year-old girl had been found unresponsive in a fourth-floor bedroom by firefighters. She was rushed to a Boston hospital in critical condition and passed on Wednesday. The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has performed an autopsy to determine her cause of death.

The fire began just 30 minutes after midnight on Union Street. The flames raged on the third and fourth floors before spreading to the roof. One man was killed in the fire. He was identified as 70-year-old Thomas J. Casey, and his cause of death was determined to be smoke inhalation, according to the medical examiner.

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One woman was rushed to a Boston hospital in critical condition. Five other people received serious injuries and were hospitalized. All the victims have since been discharged, according to the fire marshal. 

Residents could be seen waiting in windows and on balconies for firefighters to rescue them. 

“I kicked into high gear. I got my family rallied up. My son, my daughter, my wife. And I tried to find a way to get down safely off of one of the railings by trying to slide down one of the poles. But that didn’t work out,” said resident Jonathan Barrett. 

Fire investigators believe the fire is not suspicious and started in a third-floor bedroom. The building did not have a sprinkler system but did have an operational fire alarm, the fire marshal said. 

Around 10 families were displaced by the fire and are receiving help from the Red Cross. Around 50 people lived in the building.  

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New Hampshire services respond to 7-car crash

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SPRINGFIELD, N.H. (ABC22/FOX44) – After an icy morning on Interstate 89 that saw multiple cars in a crash in Springfield, New Hampshire, responders say that they are thankful that only one person sustained injuries.

According to Springfield Fire Rescue, they originally were called at 7:40 a.m. on Friday for a reported two-car crash between Exits 12A and 13 – but arrived to find 7 vehicles involved, including 6 off the road.

According to authorities, all of the occupants of the cars were able to get themselves out and only one needed to be taken to the hospital. Their injuries were reported to be non-life-threatening.

“Springfield Fire Rescue would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to slow down and move over when emergency vehicles are in the roadway. The area where this incident occurred was very icy and we witnessed several other vehicles almost lose control when they entered the scene at too great a speed.”

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Responders from New London, Enfield, and Springfield, as well as NH State Police, helped respond to the incident and clear the vehicles from the road, as well as to treat the ice to make the road safe.



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Man killed in NH snowmobile crash

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An Alton man is dead after a snowmobile crash in New Hampshire’s North Country Thursday afternoon.

The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game says 63-year-old Bradford Jones was attempting to negotiate a left hand turn on Corridor Trail 5 in Colebrook when he lost control of his snowmobile, struck multiple trees off the side of the trail and was thrown from the vehicle shortly before 3:30 p.m.

Jones was riding with another snowmobiler, who was in the lead at the time of the crash, according to the agency. Once the other man realized Jones was no longer behind him, he turned around and traveled back where he found Jones significantly injured, lying off the trail beside his damaged snowmobile.

The man immediately rendered aid to Jones and called 911 for assistance, NH Fish and Game said. The Colebrook Fire Department used their rescue tracked all terrain vehicle and a specialized off road machine to transport first responders across about a mile of trail to the crash scene.

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Once there, a conservation officer and 45th Parallel EMS staff attempted lifesaving measures for approximately an hour, but Jones ultimately died from his injuries at the scene of the crash, officials said.

The crash remains under investigation, but conservation officers are considering speed for the existing trail conditions to have been a primary factor in this deadly incident.



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