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State legislator killed in Amherst crash

AMHERST, N.H. --A state legislator from Amherst was killed and five people injured in a three-car crash on Route 101.

Republican Rep. Lee Slocum, 63, died from injuries he suffered Sunday afternoon when his car was rear-ended as he slowed for a left-hand turn and pushed into the path of an oncoming van, police said.

A family of five from Bedford in the van suffered minor injuries.

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