A car carrying four on-
duty Secret Service agents was involved in a head-
on collision in New Hampshire that killed the driver
of the other car, police said Wednesday.
Crash scene from headon that killed a local man /
injured 4 on duty #SecretService agents in
Wakefield tues pic.twitter.com/Nb67xvn7vK via
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— WMUR TV (@WMUR9) December 30, 2015 The
accident happened at about 7 p.m. Tuesday in
Wakefield, near the Maine state line.
The agents were in a Ford Taurus heading south on
Route 16, Wakefield police said early Wednesday. A
northbound Mercury Sable with three people inside
crossed over a double yellow solid line and hit the
Taurus head-on.
The Sable driver, 45-year-old Bruce Danforth, died.
A Secret Service spokeswoman said the agents
sustained serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Their names have not been released.
The passengers in Danforth's car, Kristina Buswell,
21, and Natasha Meroski, 35, were taken to
separate hospitals. Messages left seeking their
conditions were not immediately returned.
Wakefield and state police are investigating the
crash. Authorities have not mentioned any factors
that may have contributed to the accident, but New
Hampshire had its first major snowstorm of the
season Tuesday and roads were covered with a
mixture of snow, sleet and ice.
It wasn't immediately known in what capacity the
agents were working, but Democratic presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton was campaigning in a
town hall meeting Tuesday night in Berlin, north of
Wakefield. New Hampshire has the first-in-the-
nation presidential primary on Feb. 9, and some
candidates have been traveling with Secret Service
agents.
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