A Lynn man died after his SUV crashed into a dump truck on the Spaulding Turnpike in Dover, New Hampshire on Thursday, New Hampshire State Police said.
At around 8:02 a.m., state troopers learned of a crash from an automatic crash-detection notification from a cell phone on the Spaulding Turnpike, north of exit 8 west, in Dover, State Police said in a statement.
State Police also received 911 calls about a crash between an SUV and a dump truck.
Following an investigation, State Police said a 2024 Western Star dump truck, driven by Jamie Joy, 55, of Pittsfield, New Hampshire, was stopped in the right lane due to congested traffic before a 2016 Lincoln Navigator struck the truck from behind.
The driver of the Lincoln was identified as James Stammers, 39, of Lynn, State Police said. Stammers died at the crash site, while Joy was not hurt.
No passengers were in either of the two vehicles, the statement read.
While investigators were at the crash site, all northbound lanes of the Spaulding Turnpike were closed with traffic diverted off exit 8 west until they reopened at around 11:36 a.m.
The New Hampshire State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit and the Unmanned Aerial Systems Unit investigated the crash, with help from the Dover, New Hampshire, Police Department, Dover Fire and Rescue, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
The crash continues to be under investigation.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to email Trooper Alison Baumbach at Alison.J.Baumbach@dos.nh.gov.
