A pillar of the Clinton community has died.

Regional Radio News has learned 69-year-old John Warner IV died on Monday afternoon from injuries sustained in a car accident.

Authorities in Carroll County, New Hampshire tell Regional Radio the accident happened on Rt. 109/Gov. Wentworth Highway and Edge O Lake Road in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire just before 1 pm local time on Monday.

Authorities indicate the accident was a two-vehicle incident. Warner was the only person in the vehicle. He was transported by ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased.  

And the second vehicle also had a single person. The driver of the second vehicle was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and released.

Local police, state police, fire, and EMS crews were on scene for roughly four hours with the road blocked off. 

The crash and its details are under investigation at this time. Arrangements are pending with Calvert Funeral Home in Clinton.

Warner's family roots date back to the founding and establishment of Clinton. The Warner's had been influential in the community for generations.