MILTON — A 77-year-old Portsmouth resident died in an Aug. 22 wrong-way crash on Route 16 in Milton, state authorities announced.

Edward Correia, driving a 2017 Volkswagen Jetta, was declared deceased after a crash with a driver from West Ossipee in a Nissan, according to New Hampshire State Police .

A report of a crash was made to area troopers at 4:36 a.m. near mile marker 32.4, police said.

"Troopers found two cars, a 2017 Volkswagen Jetta and a 2024 Nissan Kicks, in opposing breakdown lanes, both heavily damaged," state police said in a news release. "Approximately 3 minutes before the crash, State Police dispatch received a report of a vehicle traveling northbound in the southbound lane near mile marker 32 in Milton."

State police said Correia was driving northbound in the south

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