By Associated Press - Thursday, January 19, 2017

HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) - Police say a driver escaped injury after he lost control of his car and it slid into a tanker truck, getting stuck underneath it on a New Hampshire road.

State police say 34-year-old Daniel Decoteau, of Milford, slid into the tanker on Route 101 on Wednesday afternoon. Both vehicles slid into a concrete barrier.

Police say Decoteau was able to climb out of the car’s passenger window and crawl underneath the tanker.

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The driver of the tractor-tanker, 53-year-old Aquiles Martinez, of Somerville, Massachusetts, suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital.

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