A driver fleeing a traffic stop was seriously hurt in a crash on Interstate 93 in New Hampshire early Tuesday, state police said.

The car nearly hit a construction worker in Hooksett during the chase, according to police.

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Aaron C. Thurber, a 21-year-old Hooksett resident, was taken to a hospital from the crash in Northfield, and faces charges of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, reckless operation and disobeying a police officer, police said. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney who could speak to the charges.

Thurber's car was initially stopped about 2:47 a.m. in Bow, but sped off south, through the Hooksett tolls, police said, at which point they were able to deflate one of the car's tires.

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