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Massachusetts Driver Dies After New Hampshire State Police Pursuit And Crash On Interstate 93 North
CONCORD, NH — A driver from Massachusetts was killed after being accused of speeding on Interstate 93 from Concord to Canterbury before crashing and dying, according to New Hampshire State Police.
Just before 1 a.m. Sunday, a trooper attempted to stop a car near Exit 12 on the northbound side of the highway. State police said the driver, later identified as Benjamin Tapia Gately, 20, of Saugus, MA, failed to stop and a chase ensued. During the pursuit, state police accused Gately of driving erratically and speeding up to 120 mph on the Interstate.
“As the Honda approached Exit 18, the driver attempted to take the off-ramp but lost control,” state police said. “The vehicle went off the road, crossed the northbound on-ramp, went down an embankment, and struck a tree.”
Gately was ejected from the car and died despite emergency responders from Canterbury Fire and Rescue attempting to save his life. No other people were in the car.
The crash remains under investigation, state police said.
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CONCORD, N.H. — CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire teenager sued his former high school principal and others Thursday alleging they illegally searched his truck based solely on his status as a gun owner.
Jack Harrington, 18, graduated from Hillsboro-Deering High School in June, about two months after he says he was harassed and interrogated by school officials who subsequently found nothing when they searched his truck in the school parking lot. His lawsuit against the superintendent, principal, vice principal and school resource officer was filed in U.S. District Court by the Second Amendment Foundation.
According to the suit, Harrington told another student that he had been pulled over by police while driving off campus and had informed the officer that his handgun was lawfully stored in the glove box. Weeks later, on April 24, school officials asked him about that conversation, confirmed he owned a gun and began to “badger” him about searching his truck. State law prohibits students from bringing firearms onto school property.
Though Harrington said he never brought the gun to school and had no intention of doing so, the school resource officer told him, “You can say whatever you want, we’re going to search it anyway,” the lawsuit claims.
Courts have found that school officials can conduct such searches if they have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed, but Harrington’s attorneys argue that knowledge of gun ownership alone falls far short of that standard.
“Being public about exercising your private rights cannot be grounds for being harassed and searched on campus,” said Bill Sack, director of legal operations for the Second Amendment Foundation. “The apparent position of the school district here is ‘choose to exercise one right, give away another.’ That’s just not how it works.”
Messages seeking comment were left Thursday for Superintendent Jennifer Crawford. Harrington declined a request for an interview. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
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