The Union Leader (Manchester, NH)
NASHUA, N.H. — Part of Amherst Street in Nashua was closed for a couple of hours Sunday afternoon after an ambulance struck a car at the intersection of Henri Burque Highway.
A Milford Ambulance with a patient on board proceeded into the intersection and struck a Nissan Maxima operated by Joseph Aucoin of Nashua, police said.
Aucoin was treated for serious but non-life threatening injuries at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, police said.
The accident occurred at about 11:30 a.m. Part of the Everett Turnpike Exit 7 East off-ramp was also closed while the Nashua Police Department’s accident reconstruction team investigated the scene.
The ambulance, which was en route to the Medical Center, had its siren and lights activated.
The patient in the ambulance was transported to the Lahey Clinic in Massachusetts to be treated for an ailment unrelated to the accident, police said.
The attendants in the ambulance suffered minor injuries; they were treated at the Medical Center and released.
The crash remains under investigation.
Nashua police ask that any crash witnesses call the department at 594-3500.
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