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      -- ALL WITHIN A FEW WEEKS -- AND A FEW MILES-- OF EACH OTHER. WMUR'S ISABEL LITTERST TAKES US TO THE SEACOAST. WHEN IT COMES TO ROAD SAFETY DRIVERS ..SEE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE GRANITE STATE. <CLIP0736 00:00:26:16- 00:00:33:03 I THINK MORE ROAD SAFETY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, GIVEN THE CLOSE CALLS AND ACCIDENTS I'VE SEEN.> <CLIP0737 00:00:29:00- 00:00:31:04 YOU KNOW, BARRIERS COULD BE HELPFUL.> FOR ONE STRETCH OF I-95...A FRIGHTENING SERIES OF CRASHES PUT THE HIGHWAY'S SAFETY MEASURES UNDER A MICROSCOPE... <NAT SOUND HIGHWAY> THE FIRST HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 16TH BETWEEN EXITS 2 AND 3 ON 95 JUST AFTER 1 P-M. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED.. STEPHEN LE OF METHUEN MASSACHUSETTS WAS DRIVING NORTH IN A TOYOTA CAMRY WHEN HE CROSSED INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANES.. HITTING A U-HAUL TRUCK HEAD-ON.. BOTH LE AND THE U-HAUL DRIVER... 58 YEAR OLD LESLIE LYNN OF ROANOKE VIRGINIA... WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. A PASSENGER IN THE U-HAUL WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. <BRIDGE> NEWS9 FILED A RIGHT TO KNOW REQUEST FOR THE SEARCH WARRANT...THE COURT DOCUMENT SHOWS THAT THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS A NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE. THE WARRANT SITES WITNESSES WHO SAY THE CAMRY WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MILES PER HOUR JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. ONE WITNESS SAW THE MOMENT LE'S CAR CROSSED THE MEDIAN..SAYING 'IT APPEARED AS IF SOMEONE YANKED THE STEERING WHEEL.' NEWS9 IS WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ANOTHER SERIOUS CRASH IN GREENLAND AND ONE IN PORTSMOUTH....ALL INVOLVING VEHICLES THAT CROSSED OVER THE MEDIAN OF THE SAME HIGHWAY - ONLY A FEW MILES AND DAYS APART. NEW HAMPSHIRE D-O-T OFFICIALS SAY THE SERIES OF ACCIDENTS HAS PROMPTED A 3 POINT 5 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO ADD BARRIERS TO THAT STRETCH OF 95..
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      Police investigating fatal I-95 crash look to search car's electronic data recorder

      News 9 Investigates

      A search warrant obtained by News 9 Investigates is shedding light on what police are looking into as they investigate what caused a fatal head-on crash on Interstate 95 last fall. WMUR filed a right-to-know request for the search warrant that explains what steps state police are taking to figure out what led to a crash in Greenland in October, the first of three crashes News 9 Investigates is looking into.>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<The crash happened between Exits 2 and 3 on I-95 just after 1 p.m. on Oct. 16.According to court documents, Stephen Le, of Methuen, Massachusetts, was driving north in a Toyota Camry when he crossed into the southbound lanes. The car hit a U-Haul truck head-on. Both Le and the U-Haul driver, Leslie Lynn, 58, of Roanoke, Virginia, were pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the U-Haul truck was seriously injured. A judge signed a warrant to search the electronic data recorder of the Toyota Camry involved on the grounds that it could be evidence in a negligent homicide investigation.>> Subscribe to WMUR's YouTube channel << Investigators cite witnesses who say the Camry was traveling between 80 mph and 100 mph just before the crash. One witness saw the moment Le's car crossed the median, saying, "it appeared as if someone yanked the steering wheel."The car is located at the New England Truck Center in Exeter. News 9 Investigates is working to determine if police have already obtained the recorder from the car. In response to the serious crashes along the northern section of I-95, New Hampshire Department of Transportation crews are starting a $3.5 million project to put up median barriers between mile markers 8 and 13. The project should be completed next spring, officials said.News 9 spoke with some drivers, who said they would support the installation of additional median barriers on New Hampshire's highways. "I think more road safety would be beneficial, given the close calls and accidents I've seen. Barriers could be helpful," said one driver.

      A search warrant obtained by News 9 Investigates is shedding light on what police are looking into as they investigate what caused a fatal head-on crash on Interstate 95 last fall.

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      WMUR filed a right-to-know request for the search warrant that explains what steps state police are taking to figure out what led to a crash in Greenland in October, the first of three crashes News 9 Investigates is looking into.

      >> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<

      The crash happened between Exits 2 and 3 on I-95 just after 1 p.m. on Oct. 16.

      According to court documents, Stephen Le, of Methuen, Massachusetts, was driving north in a Toyota Camry when he crossed into the southbound lanes.

      The car hit a U-Haul truck head-on. Both Le and the U-Haul driver, Leslie Lynn, 58, of Roanoke, Virginia, were pronounced dead at the scene.

      A passenger in the U-Haul truck was seriously injured.

      A judge signed a warrant to search the electronic data recorder of the Toyota Camry involved on the grounds that it could be evidence in a negligent homicide investigation.

      >> Subscribe to WMUR's YouTube channel <<

      Investigators cite witnesses who say the Camry was traveling between 80 mph and 100 mph just before the crash.

      One witness saw the moment Le's car crossed the median, saying, "it appeared as if someone yanked the steering wheel."

      The car is located at the New England Truck Center in Exeter. News 9 Investigates is working to determine if police have already obtained the recorder from the car.

      In response to the serious crashes along the northern section of I-95, New Hampshire Department of Transportation crews are starting a $3.5 million project to put up median barriers between mile markers 8 and 13. The project should be completed next spring, officials said.

      News 9 spoke with some drivers, who said they would support the installation of additional median barriers on New Hampshire's highways.

      "I think more road safety would be beneficial, given the close calls and accidents I've seen. Barriers could be helpful," said one driver.