LEBANON — Route 4 closed at the 1-89 Exit 17 northbound off-ramp after a log truck rolled over on Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
A log truck driver reported to police that a mechanical failure prevented him from stopping before turning onto Route 4 eastbound, Lebanon Police Chief Phillip Roberts said at the scene.
The truck rolled over and logs from the truck subsequently struck a SUV travelling east on Route 4.
“The crash remains under investigation,” Roberts wrote in an email on Thursday.
The driver of the SUV, who was transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for evaluation, is pregnant with twins, the woman’s mother said at the scene.
Efforts to reach the woman’s family were unsuccessful on Thursday.
The crash caused Route 4 to close at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the city’s LebAlert system. It opened to one lane at 3:30 p.m.
By 6 p.m., all lanes of Route 4 were open.
The I-89 Exit 17 off-ramp reopened at 6:30 p.m., according to Jennifer Lane, public information officer with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
The Lebanon Fire Department, the Lebanon Department of Public Works and New Hampshire State Police assisted Lebanon Police in response to the scene, according to a Lebanon Police news release from Wednesday.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was updated at 2:20 p.m. on Thursday.
