NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE POLICE SAY TWO DRIVERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER A COLLISION ON ROUTE 115 IN CARROLL.

A 9-1-1 CALL ABOUT THE CRASH CAME IN SHORTLY BEFORE 10 O’CLOCK.

ON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE, RESPONDERS FOUND THAT A DODGE VAN BEING DRIVEN BY 45-YEAR-OLD MARGARET FRANCOEUR OF BERLIN HAD BEEN TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON ROUTE 155 WHEN IT CROSSED THE CENTERLINE AND HIT A PICKUP BEING DRIVEN BY 53-YEAR-OLD ROGER MARCOUILLIER OF HILLSBOROUGH (NEW HAMPSHIRE).

*FRANCOEUR* AND *MARCOUILLIER* BOTH SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. FRANCOEUR WAS TAKEN TO LITTLETON REGIONAL HOSPITAL WHILE MARCOUILLIER WAS MEDFLIGHTED TO CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER IN LEWISTON (MAINE).

A PASSENGER IN THE VAN – 21-YEAR-OLD JESSICA VITKO OF BERLIN – WAS TAKEN TO WEEKS MEDICAL CENTER IN LANCASTER WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

RESPONDERS INCLUDED FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND AMBULANCES FROM TWIN MOUNTAIN AND BETHLEHEM, CARROLL POLICE, WHITEFIELD AMBULANCE AND THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.