Collision and explosion on bypass

A teenager escaped with a minor injury when the car she was driving struck the rear of a trailer after the truck towing it stalled in the passing lane of the Laconia Bypass shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday.

Jonathan Olisky,30, of Laconia was traveling northbound in a Chevrolet Silverado, owned by Turfpro Landscape Maintenance Contractors, Inc., when mechanical problems brought the truck and trailer to a stop. According to Gilford police, a sixteen year-old woman driving a 2007 Dodge Caliber and accompanied by a teenage passenger failed to see the truck and trailer and drove into it.

Neither Olisky nor his passenger, Thomas Chamberland, were injured. The teen driver of the Caliber was taken to Lakes Region General Hospital and treated for a minor ankle injury, but her passenger was unhurt.

Following the collision fire erupted in the engine compartment of the pickup truck, triggering an explosion. No one was injured, but the Bypass was closed for approximately an hour-and-a-half.

The accident is being investigated by Gilford police, who do not expect to file charges.