'Sneezing fit' leads to rollover crash in Rochester, state police say
May 10—A Concord man was uninjured Friday after suffering a "sneezing fit" and losing control of the box truck he was driving, causing a rollover crash on Route 16 in Rochester, state police said.
At 7:48 a.m. Friday, state police were notified of a crash along the northbound travel lanes of Route 16 in Rochester. Troopers responded and reported finding a disabled box truck across both travel lanes at mile marker 16.2.
The driver, identified as James Desrosiers, 29, of Concord, suffered a "sneezing fit and lost control of the truck," state police said in a release. The box truck, a 2023 International, hit a guardrail along the breakdown lane, before swerving back towards the middle of the roadway. "The truck then rolled over before coming to rest back on its wheels, perpendicular to the roadway," state police said in a release.
Desrosiers was uninjured, officials said, and there were no passengers in the truck. No other vehicles were involved.
The northbound lanes of Route 16 were closed for approximately one hour while emergency personnel worked the scene, state police said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Trooper William Bohnenberger at William.F.Bohnenberger@dos.nh.gov.
