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Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-89 In Warner
Troop D
WARNER, N.H. – The driver of a tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries following a crash on Interstate 89.
At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, State Troopers assigned to the Troop D barracks responded to a report of a crash involving a tractor-trailer on I-89 southbound near Exit 9. Multiple callers reported that the tractor-trailer went off the road into the median. When they arrived, Troopers found a 2022 white Freightliner Cascadia with extensive damage. They determined the Freightliner struck a guardrail before going off the road and hitting multiple trees in the median.
Warner Fire Rescue also responded to the scene and freed the driver, identified as Joseph Johnston, 55, of Otisfield, Maine. Johnston was transported to Concord Hospital with minor injuries. After the initial investigation, Troopers and emergency medical services personnel determined the crash was the result of a medical emergency.
The left travel lane of I-89 southbound was closed for approximately five hours during the investigation and the Freightliner was removed. Troopers were assisted at the scene by Warner Fire Rescue and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
Anyone with additional information about the crash is asked to contact Trooper John Zavala at John.A.Zavala@dos.nh.gov.