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1 dead in New Hampshire crash with Secret Service agents Police: Unlicensed driver in crash with Secret Service
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WAKEFIELD, N.H. — A car carrying four on-duty Secret Service agents was involved in a head-on collision in New Hampshire that killed the driver of the other car, police said Wednesday. WAKEFIELD, N.H. — Police say an unlicensed driver trying to pass a car on a snowy road in New Hampshire died after colliding head-on with a car carrying four Secret Service agents on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s protective detail.
The accident happened at about 7 p.m. Tuesday in Wakefield, near the Maine state line. The accident happened about 7 p.m. Tuesday in Wakefield, near the Maine state line.
The agents were in a Ford Taurus heading south on Route 16, Wakefield police said early Wednesday. A northbound Mercury Sable with three people inside crossed over a double yellow solid line and hit the Taurus head-on. Police say the agents were heading south on Route 16, when a northbound car with three people crossed a double yellow solid line and hit them.
The Sable driver, 45-year-old Bruce Danforth, died. A Secret Service spokeswoman said the agents sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. Their names have not been released. Killed was 45-year-old Bruce Danforth. Wakefield Police Chief Kenneth Fifield says Danforth didn’t have a valid license.
The passengers in Danforth’s car, Kristina Buswell, 21, and Natasha Meroski, 35, were taken to separate hospitals. Messages left seeking their conditions were not immediately returned. A Secret Service spokeswoman says the agents sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. Two passengers in Danforth’s car were taken to hospitals; their conditions weren’t immediately known.
Wakefield and state police are investigating the crash. Authorities have not mentioned any factors that may have contributed to the accident, but New Hampshire had its first major snowstorm of the season Tuesday and roads were covered with a mixture of snow, sleet and ice. Clinton says she was saddened to hear of the crash.
It wasn’t immediately known in what capacity the agents were working, but Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was campaigning in a town hall meeting Tuesday night in Berlin, north of Wakefield. New Hampshire has the first-in-the-nation presidential primary on Feb. 9, and some candidates have been traveling with Secret Service agents.
Clinton said she was saddened and concerned to hear about the crash.
“My husband and I send our prayers and condolences to all the victims and their families,” she said in a statement. “We are grateful every day for the service, dedication, and professionalism of the U.S. Secret Service.”
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Associated Press writer Lauran Neergaard in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
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