Harrison Thorp
Friday, March 6, 2015 6:31 am

The tractor trailer came to finally rest about 100 feet from the tollbooth. (Courtesy photos/State Police)

DOVER, N.H. - A tractor-trailer tore through a Dover tollbooth on Thursday, colliding with another car in the process and making for a nightmare afternoon commute for northbound motorists.

The incident occurred around 3 p.m. just as the afternoon commute was getting under way.

Luckily, the tollbooth was unoccupied.

A preliminary investigation indicated that a tractor-trailer driven by Roland Joy, 47, of Massachusetts, was traveling southbound when it crashed through the Dover Tolls, also striking a 2013 Lexis driven by John Worley, 69, also from the Bay State.

Witnesses said the driver of a car struck a toll booth while driving in the wrong direction and after striking a tractor trailer truck, according to the Union Leader of Manchester, which also reported that the driver of the car reportedly suffered a medical event just prior to the accident.

What appears to be one of the tractor-trailer's front wheels lies under a rear carriage at the scene of Thursday's spectacular crash on the Spaulding at the Dover tolls.

Both victims were transported to a local hospital with what were described as nonlife-threatening injuries.

Traffic was tied up for several hours with police urging motorists to seek alternate routes.

The accident remains under investigation by Trooper Dube. Anyone with information pertaining to this collision is asked to contact him at Greg.dube@dos.nh.gov