2 motorcyclists die in crash Saturday in Gilford

GILFORD — A crash on Saturday left two people dead and one seriously injured, and a Goffstown driver is facing homicide charges. The driver, Anthony J. Summers, 32, allegedly crossed the yellow line on Lake Shore Road on Saturday evening, colliding with two motorcycles.

Summers appeared in Laconia District Court Monday morning for a reading of his charges: negligent homicide and falsifying evidence, both felonies. His next hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

According to charging documents from Officer Nathan Ayotte, Gilford police received a 911 call about a head-on collision at 6:10 p.m. on Sept. 20, in the area of Country Village Way and Lake Shore Road, involving a Ford Bronco and two motorcycles.

The caller said there were four people involved in the accident.

Ayotte arrived at the scene at 6:17 p.m., finding one person dead in the intersection of Lake Shore and Country Village. He saw good Samaritans attempting CPR on a woman about 20 yards south of the intersection. Ayotte went to the victim, who was not breathing and had no pulse. Gilford paramedics arrived and confirmed she was dead also.

The victims were identified in court records as Scott C. Blomerth, 67, and Robyn M. Blomerth, 59, presumed to be riding on the same motorcycle. Deputy Police Chief Dustin Parent said they were staying at the Gunstock campground, and lived in Alton.

The injured motorcyclist was identified as Timothy Sullivan, who was riding a motorcycle alone. Sullivan was taken to Concord Hospital in Concord. Parent said he was hospitalized with “serious, life-threatening injuries.” At 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, the Gilford Police Department was notified Sullivan was on a ventilator. "He's is still alive," Parent said Monday afternoon. "He's still fighting, but we the police have not spoken to him at this point."

Summers admitted to driving the 2025 Bronco, which was confirmed by witnesses at the scene. Ayotte wrote in his report that Summers said he was looking at the passenger in the front seat, and when he looked back at the road, the collision happened. Summers invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against saying anything self-incriminating shortly after.

The Belknap Regional Accident Investigation Team responded to the accident, and the charging documents state team members believed there was probable cause Summers committed negligent homicide by crossing the double yellow lines and hitting the oncoming motorcycles.

Summers was taken into custody after refusing to submit to a mandatory blood draw, which brought a charge of falsifying evidence.

At 8:58 p.m. on Sept. 20, Gilford police received a handwritten witness statement from someone who was traveling on Route 11 toward Alton behind a red truck behind the motorcycles. The witness saw a Bronco cross over the yellow lines heading toward them, and wrote they heard a loud bang. The witness noticed one motorcycle went into the air, resulting in the second motorcycle also being hit.

“All passengers of the two motorcycles were thrown, and the witness stated they were thrown ‘quite a ways,’” Ayotte wrote in the charging document. “The witness said they put their car in park and attempted to help all the passengers, ultimately realizing that two out the three individuals on the motorcycles were already deceased.”

Another witness said he was driving his truck behind the motorcycles, which he said were side by side and slightly staggered. The witness said the Bronco veered into the eastbound lane, and described it as being 50%-65% over the double yellow line.

“The witness said the Bronco collided with the two motorcycles,” the report stated. “The witness said he did not see the Bronco make any avoidance maneuver.”

When the witness pulled over to help, he heard a female passenger in the Bronco yelling at a male driver. The witness said he knew immediately the male motorcycle operator was dead. He called 911 and went to the female passenger, who wasn’t breathing and did not have a pulse. The witness said other good Samaritans were tending to the solo motorcyclist until aid arrived.

The report stated Summers has refused to cooperate with the investigation, as well as treatment from Gilford Fire or Concord Hospital-Laconia. He refused bloodwork at the hospital, as well. A search warrant was granted by Justice Daniel E. Will.

An affidavit from Laconia District Court states Summers has a prior conviction for driving while intoxicated to which he pled plea on June 16, 2015, in Nashua District Court. He was also convicted for crossing the yellow line in 2016. Summers was also convicted of disorderly conduct in 2011, and again in 2023.