NASHUA, N.H. (AP) – Two recent fatal crashes at the same highway exit have prompted state transportation officials to study the location’s safety.

State officials have begun a safety study of the north and southbound off-ramps of Exit 8 on the F.E. Everett Turnpike. The study is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

A 16-year-old driver and her passenger were killed in a June crash when their car skidded on wet pavement as it rounded the curve of the ramp and struck a tree.

Last month, a 26-year-old man was killed when he lost control of his car on a curve of the southbound ramp.

That car also struck a tree.

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Information from: The Telegraph, http://www.nashuatelegraph.com

AP-ES-09-14-06 0710EDT

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