TILTON — Tilton police believe that alcohol was a factor in a Monday-morning accident in which a TruGreen landscaping truck plunged into the Winnipesaukee River.
Police said the truck, driven by Thomas O’Reilly, 45, of Auburn, Massachusetts, clipped another vehicle at a stop light at the intersection of Park and Main streets before leaving the roadway and ending up in the river.
A bystander helped O’Reilly out of the partially submerged truck and he was treated at Franklin Regional Hospital. No word was available on his condition, but other bystanders said he did not appear to be seriously injured.
Police said the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services was called to the scene due to possible water contamination from the fertilizer the truck was carrying.
Rusty’s Towing removed the truck and an attached trailer from the river. Police detoured traffic around the scene of the 8:54 a.m. accident for more than three hours.
The accident remains under investigation.
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