Driver identified in early-morning fatal crash into the Merrimack River

Rescuers recovered a black Hyundai from the Merrimack River on Aug. 8 after it plunged into the river. Photo/Jeffrey Hastings


MANCHESTER, NH โ€“ A Manchester man is dead following a crash on Interstate 293.

At 5:52 a.m. on Friday, August 8, 2025, Troopers assigned to the Troop B barracks responded to a report of a vehicle that went off the road and crashed into the Merrimack River on Interstate 293 northbound near mile marker 5.0 (just before Exit 4).

Responding Troopers located a black Hyundai Tucson, upside down, at the bottom of an embankment, mostly submerged in water. Members of the Manchester Fire Department extricated the male driver, who was later identified as Juan Alonzo Perez Ramirez, 32, of Manchester.

Perez Ramirez was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to the injuries he had suffered in the crash.

NH State Police responded to the early-morning crash when a vehicle veered off I-293 and into the Merrimack River. Photo/Jeffrey Hastings
All aspects of this crash are still under investigation. Anyone who witnessed the crash or has information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Trooper Alex Peplinski at 603-227-0076 or Alex.M.Peplinski@dos.nh.gov.

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