Three people were injured when a tractor-trailer rolled over after a collision with a car at the intersection of Route 125 and Route 155 in Epping on Wednesday.

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Three people were injured when a tractor-trailer rolled over after a collision with a car at the intersection of Route 125 and Route 155 in Epping on Wednesday.Click to watch News 9's coverage.Police said the tractor-trailer and a car collided about 6:50 a.m. The driver of the car, Elisa Smith, 43, suffered a serious head injury and was flown to a Boston hospital.Smith's 17-year-old daughter was a passenger in the car, and she was taken to Exeter Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Miguel Adames, 54, also had non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Exeter Hospital.Neighbor Emily Adams has been friends for about five years with the driver and her daughter. Adams said she and her two sons were getting ready for the day when they heard a terrible sound."We just heard a big huge crash and we knew something had happened, and we looked out and we heard the police and the ambulance and saw the lights," she said.State police said it appears that the mother, who was driving, might have misjudged how much space she had."They basically pulled into the path of the tractor-trailer unit that you see here on the roadway traveling northbound," Sgt. Steve Cooper said. "A lot of credit is given to the operator of the tractor-trailer unit, who observed the vehicle in front of and him took evasive action."The tractor-trailer rolled over, spilling part of its load of trash and creating a nightmare for drivers during the morning commute. The position of the truck also created problems for those in charge of cleaning up the mess."Where the tractor is, it's all really soft mud, so we're going to have a hard time with placement of the trucks to get it out," said Donald Gagnon of Rochester Truck.State police said neither driver was impaired, and speed did not appear to be a factor in the crash.Get the WMUR app12967056