A New Hampshire man was injured when he was struck by a van and thrown into the air while attending to his disabled car on the side of the highway on Monday afternoon.
State police said they received a call around 4:30 p.m. for a report of a serious motor vehicle crash on Route 101 west in Auburn. A man who was outside of his car had reportedly been hit by another driver. Their investigation showed that 23-year-old Cody Douglas, of Lyndeborough, had been driving a Subaru Forester when his car became disabled on the left side of the highway, coming to rest against the guardrail, partially in the high-speed travel lane.
Douglas reportedly got out of his car and the vehicle was hit by a Ford Transit van,"pushing the Subaru into him, and sending him airborne," according to police.The van, which was driven by 56-year-old Timothy Philbrick, of Merrimack, continued traveling for about a quarter-mile due to sustained damage and an inability to brake before finally coming to rest on the right side of the road.