Crime & Safety
Police Detect Natural Gas Odor on DW Highway
Here is a snapshot of activity from the Merrimack Police log on Dec. 20. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Friday, Dec. 20:
- At 7:15 a.m., police reported an injured deer on Peaslee Road and Dahl Road.
- At 7:41 a.m., police assisted a medical call on Hampstead Road.
- At 8:34 a.m., police assisted another medical call on Winding Brook Lane.
- At 8:56 a.m., police reported an odor of natural gas on the Daniel Webster Highway.
- At 10:56 a.m., police reported gas and oil on the Daniel Webster Highway during a fire call.
- At 11:55 a.m., police reported a suspicious person in a building on School Street.
- At 12:41 p.m., police reported a motor vehicle accident on Bedford Road and Cathy Street with personal injury.
- At 1:19 p.m., police assisted the Merrimack Fire Department with a smoke investigation on Back River Road.
- At 2:52 p.m., police assisted a caller with locating their vehicle in the Premium Outlets parking lot.
- At 3:19 p.m., police reported an odor of sulfur on Pilgrim Avenue.
- At 3:33 p.m., police reported criminal mischief on Daniel Webster Highway after the caller said there was sand in his vehicle's gasoline tank.
- At 6:51 p.m., police reported a motor vehicle accident on Turkey Hill Road and Amherst Road with injury.
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