NEWPORT, N.H. — A 40-year-old Claremont man was killed Monday morning when he was struck by a pickup truck as he bicycled in the breakdown lane of John Stark Highway, police said.
Daniel S. Thurston was bicycling east on the state highway, aka Route 103, near Endicott Road around 10:50 a.m. when he was hit and killed by a GMC 1500 pickup truck driven by Albon M. Chapman Jr., of Claremont, according to a news release from Newport police.
Thurston was declared dead at the scene.
Chapman, 31, was arrested and charged with negligent homicide, reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and attempted falsifying of physical evidence, according to the release. He was taken to the Sullivan County jail and is slated to be arraigned in Sullivan Superior Court on Tuesday.
Anyone with information about the accident is asked to contact Newport Police Det. Sgt. Stephen A. Lee at (603) 863-3240 or slee@newportnh.gov.