UPDATE FROM MPD 9: 25 p.m.: On June 12, 2025, at approximately 4 p.m., the Manchester Police Department responded to the area of Lake Avenue and Belmont Street for initial reports of gunfire. Additional calls came into the Manchester Police dispatch reporting a motor vehicle crash involving pedestrians also on Belmont Street. Manchester Police learned this crash involved pedestrians in the roadway.
Moments later Manchester Police received calls regarding a significant crash at the intersection of Belmont and Hanover streets. Officers in the area located the crash and observed a male subject walking away from the scene. He was identified as Justin LaClair, 23, of Manchester, charged with aggravated DWI, two counts of reckless conduc and two counts conduct after an accident.
Manchester Police Officers eventually placed LaClair into custody for felony level driving while intoxicated. Both of the reported crashes involve the same vehicle, a silver Volvo sedan.
As a result of the initial crash, two juveniles have sustained significant and life threatening injuries. The juveniles were taken to area hospitals. The driver of the vehicle also sustained minor injuries.
The factors of this crash are under investigation by the Manchester Police Department Traffic Unit.
If you have any information regarding this incident, please call the Manchester Police Department Traffic Unit at 603-668-8711.
MANCHESTER, NH – Manchester Police, Fire and AMR ambulance responded to a report of several people injured spanning an area of six city blocks beginning at Spruce and Belmont Street Thursday afternoon.
The preliminary information is an out-of-control driver struck a young child on a bicycle dragging the child a significant distance. The suspect then continued North on Belmont Street. He struck an approximate 2-year-old child and an adult. The young child was in what appears to be a combined car seat and stroller. The seat the child was in was thrown and dragged approximately a half of a block.
The suspect driving a silver sedan continued North and collided with a car at Belmont and Hanover Street, injuring himself and a person in a blue car.
The suspect was quickly detained and was screaming he was not the driver but was seriously injured from hitting the windshield and was identified by several witnesses.
The two children were brought to the Elliot Hospital Trauma Center where they are both being treated for life-threatening injuries.
The suspect and two adults were transported to hospitals in the city but it is unclear who went to which hospital.
The scene shut down several streets, Belmont Street, Spruce Street, Lake Avenue, and Hanover Street and were expected to be closed for several hours.
This is a developing story, and additional updates will be provided to this article as more information becomes available.