Grantham firefighters Ryan Gallien, left, and Zack Balfour help with cleanup after multiple vehicles, including a box truck, struck the guardrail and other vehicles on an ice-covered stretch of Interstate 89 northbound in Enfield, N.H., on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. State police said six separate crashes took place within a span of 100 yards on the interstate near Exit 15 shortly after 10:05 a.m. Two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, police said. The motorists were given warnings for driving too fast for existing road and weather conditions, police said. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Grantham firefighters Ryan Gallien, left, and Zack Balfour help with cleanup after multiple vehicles, including a box truck, struck the guardrail and other vehicles on an ice-covered stretch of Interstate 89 northbound in Enfield, N.H., on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. State police said six separate crashes took place within a span of 100 yards on the interstate near Exit 15 shortly after 10:05 a.m. Two people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, police said. The motorists were given warnings for driving too fast for existing road and weather conditions, police said. (Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News — Jennifer Hauck

ENFIELD — New Hampshire State Police say six crashes involving multiple vehicles happened within a 100-yard span on an ice and snow-covered Interstate 89 near Enfield.

Two people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries Wednesday. Police said people were driving too fast for the existing road and weather conditions, which contributed to the crashes near Exit 15 at about 10:10 a.m.

One trooper was placing flares on the road when a box truck careened out of control and nearly struck him. The truck overturned onto its side.

All of the drivers were given warnings. Drivers are reminded to reduce their speed when temperatures are below freezing and driving conditions are poor. It was 10 degrees at the time of the crashes.