Friendly Kitchen Dumpster Fire; Scooter Crash In Concord’s McKee Square

CONCORD, NH — It was another busy shift in Concord on Sunday night for first responders.

At a little past 7 p.m., police, and fire and rescue teams, were sent to McKee Square for a report of a person down after a motorcycle accident. The first arriving officer confirmed the rider, a man, was down and conscious but not moving after crashing a scooter. The scooter was registered in Gilford, while the driver was from Bow and had a suspended license.

Fire and rescue teams arrived and took the rider to Concord Hospital with a head injury.

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During the investigation, part of South Street was shut down at Clinton Street, and a tow truck was called for the scooter.

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At the hospital, the rider, Mark Huntoon, born in 1958, of Bow, received a summons for driving after revocation or suspension.

Around 7:30 p.m., police were sent to Penacook to assist Boscawen police with a woman who left a home without proper clothing and was reportedly high on methamphetamine.

About five minutes later, police were sent to the Friendly Kitchen for a report of an assault and a fire.

An officer on Storrs Street reportedly found the caller on Ferry Street, and dispatch reported he had an active out-of-state warrant. The dispatcher checked the warrant and found it was active but nonextraditable. Police took the assault report and went to South Commercial Street.

Around 7:45 p.m., the officer searching for the woman from Boscawen reported to dispatch they did not see her anywhere in the area.

At around 8 p.m., firefighters were requested to The Friendly Kitchen to check on the dumpster and confirmed there was a small fire.

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Firefighters put out the dumpster fire and cleared the scene.

Other firefighters were sent to Hope Avenue for a smoke condition due to food burning in a kitchen.

Just before 9 p.m., fire and rescue teams were sent to the federal building on Pleasant Street for a report of a man down.

On their way to the call, firefighters stopped on Clinton Street after seeing a Homeland Security SUV and a man down in the roadway. Dispatch asked if the Clinton Street call was the same as the federal building call, and the fire commander said he believed so.

The man was taken to Concord Hospital.

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Around 9:15 p.m., the same man who reported the assault and fire at the Friendly Kitchen was now reportedly walking on Interstate 393, having a psyche issue.

Concord firefighters were also off with the man and he agreed to be taken to the hospital.

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