ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire State Police say an operator was injured when a garbage truck crashed into a highway tollbooth.
Foster's Daily Democrat reports the crash happened Thursday morning on the southbound side of the Spaulding Turnpike in Rochester.
State police say a Waste Management garbage truck driven by 20-year-old Michael Stelline, of Lebanon, Maine, struck the tollbooth in Lane 1.
Authorities say the toll attendant, 77-year-old Stacy Doris, of Rochester, was taken to Frisbie Memorial Hospital and treated for minor injuries. Police say Stelline wasn't injured in the crash.
No charges have been filed.
The Lane 1 southbound tollbooth at the Rochester station will be closed until repairs are finished.
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ROCHESTER, NH —
A Waste Management garbage truck collided with an occupied Rochester tollbooth at Lane 1 southbound on the Spaulding Turnpike just at approximately 6:47 on Thursday morning.
The tollbooth operator suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital to be evaluated. The accident caused a significant slow-down in southbound traffic during the morning commute as Lane 1 was closed. Traffic was moving after the crash, but very slowly.
Heavy damage was visible to the Lane 1 tollbooth.
Troopers from the NH State Police Troop-A barracks responded to the toll plaza after receiving reports that the garbage truck had struck the occupied tollbooth on the southbound side of the Spaulding Turnpike. The on-scene investigation revealed that the side loading door of the truck had been left open, and as the truck traveled through Lane 1, the door struck the booth.
State Police identified the operator of the truck as Michael Stelline, 29, of Lebanon, Maine. Stelline was not injured, police said.
State Police identified the toll attendant as Stacy Doris, 77, of Rochester. Following the accident, Doris was transported to the Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester where she was evaluated and released with minor injuries.
Lane 1 of the Rochester toll plaza will be closed indefinitely until repairs can be made to the tollbooth.
N.H. State Police were assisted at the scene by the Rochester Fire Department and the N.H. Department of Transportation.