WESTMORELAND, N.H. (MyKeeneNow) – Two people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries following a crash involving multiple vehicles in Westmoreland.

N.H. State Troopers responded shortly after 12:30 Sunday to the accident at River Road on Route 12 North, according to a news release. A 2018 Toyota Sienna driven by Kim Carrier, 46, of Swanzey, had been traveling northbound when it struck a 1980 Fiat Spider, which was stopped in the northbound lane while its driver waited for traffic to pass to turn left onto northern River Road. The impact from the crash sent the Fiat into the southbound lane, where it was struck again by a 2002 Ford F-350 traveling southbound.

Carrier and a child passenger were uninjured during the crash. However, the driver of the Fiat, identified as Peter Friedrichs, 67, and his passenger, Irene Friedrichs, 73, both of Keene, were trapped in the vehicle with serious injuries, the release said. Responding firefighters used Jaws of Life to remove them.

Peter Friedrichs was transported by ambulance to Cheshire Medical Center in Keene with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Irene Friedrichs was taken by medical helicopter to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts as a precaution due to serious and unknown injuries.

The driver of the F-350, identified as Landon Lake, 19, of Walpole, was not hurt during the crash.

Route 12 was closed for more than an hour during the investigation. The New Hampshire State Police was assisted at the scene by members of the Walpole, New Hampshire Police Department, the Westmoreland Fire & Rescue Department, Cheshire County EMS, and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation.

The crash remains under investigation. Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact Trooper Paul Bergeron at Paul.J.Bergeron@dos.nh.gov or 358-3333.