TILTON — A tragic accident on I-93 early Friday morning has left one person dead after a tractor-trailer veered off the highway and into the Winnipesaukee River, according to New Hampshire State Police.

At approximately 1:52 a.m., State Police dispatch received reports of a crash involving a tractor-trailer on I-93 southbound near mile marker 57. Troopers assigned to Troop D responded to the scene and located the wreck, which they described as that of black 2025 Western Star pulling a blue 2017 Manac trailer.

The preliminary investigation determined that the driver of the tractor-trailer unit had failed to negotiate a curve in the road, for reasons that remain under investigation, according to the news release. The rig broke through the center median guardrail, traveled across the med

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