Car Accidents http://nhpr.org en Six Injured In Crash In The North Country http://nhpr.org/post/six-injured-crash-north-country <p>A single-car crash Friday night in Littleton injured six people, two of them seriously, said Littleton police chief Paul Smith.</p><p>Smith said the accident occurred just past 11 p.m. on Route 135 just north of its intersection with Interstate 93.</p><p>He said the driver of a 2012 Toyota Camry lost control and the vehicle “left the road and collided with a telephone pole, which caused the vehicle to roll over several times.”</p><p>Several people were thrown from the vehicle.</p> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:20:06 +0000 Chris Jensen 13871 at http://nhpr.org About 25 Percent of Those Killed in 2011 Crashes Were Thrown From Their Vehicles http://nhpr.org/post/about-25-percent-those-killed-2011-crashes-were-thrown-their-vehicles <p>New Hampshire remains the only state that doesn&rsquo;t require adults to wear seat belts and many of the people killed in the state last year in crashes were thrown from their&nbsp;vehicles.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>By the end of 2011 eighty-eight people had been killed in traffic accidents in the state.</p><p>About a quarter of them were either thrown completely from their vehicles or partially ejected, according to state figures.</p><p>That means they were probably not wearing seat belts.</p> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:39:12 +0000 Chris Jensen 1221 at http://nhpr.org