One Dead, One Hospitalized Following Thursday-Night Vehicle Collision in Hampton

A Portsmouth man is dead and a Hampton man is hospitalized following Thursday night’s vehicle collision in North Hampton.

Police say it happened shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Route 1 near Granite Road when a southbound Honda Civic veered over the center line and collided with a northbound Hyundai SUV.

The Hyundai’s driver, ID’d as 25-year-old Alexander Price, was rushed to Portsmouth Regional Hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Thirty-seven-year-old Matthew Meisner, who had been driving the Honda, suffered serious injuries.

No one else was hurt.

Police are investigating.