RINDGE, N.H. —

Rindge police are investigating a fatal crash. The crash happened at about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday on Route 119.

Police said Richard Pezzolesi, 52, of Winchendon, Massachusetts, was driving his Ford Fiesta westbound when he tried to turn onto Old Ashburnham Road and crossed into the path of a Jeep Compass that was heading east.

The vehicles collided head-on, then rolled together for over 100 feet. Police said the Jeep ended up on its passenger side, stacked on top of the driver's side of the Ford. They said a fire then broke out and Rindge firefighters, with the help of a good samaritan, extinguished the fire.

Officials said Pezzolesi was pronounced dead by EMS. The driver of the Jeep, identified as Robert Adams, 24, of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, was taken to the hospital wi

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