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Woman dies after head-on collision on Route 125 in Epping, N.H., second driver hospitalized

A 31-year-old New Hampshire woman died early Sunday morning after her car crossed into a lane of oncoming traffic on Route 125 in Epping, N.H. and crashed into another vehicle, police said.

Amanda Wager, of New Boston, N.H., was traveling in the southbound lane of the highway in a 2007 Nissan Frontier around 1 a.m. when her car crossed into the northbound lane, Epping police said in a statement Sunday.

The car collided directly with a 2021 Subaru Crosstrek driven by Jacob Wallingford, 24, of Rochester, N.H., police said. Wager was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

Wallingford was taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The incident is under investigation. It was unknown on Sunday whether alcohol or speed were factors in the crash, according to police.

Police are asking anyone with information regarding the incident to contact Lieutenant Stephen Soares of the Epping Police Department at 603-679-5122 or s.soares@eppingnh.gov.



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