Driver in Custody After Fatal Hampton, NH Crash Over Weekend

UPDATE: 19-year-old Darriean Hess was arrested on two counts of negligent homicide and two counts of second-degree assault for the crash that killed two women and injured two other cyclists. Click here for updated story

(NECN) - Hampton, N.H. Police say they have 19-year-old Darriean Hess in custody.

Hess was driving in Hampton Saturday when she plowed into a group of cyclists, killing two of them.

Investigators said Hess crossed the center line and struck the group on a Hampton bridge, during the 40th annual Granite State Wheelmen Tri-State Seacoast Century ride.

The crash killed two women from Massachusetts: Pamela Wells, 60, of South Hamilton, and Elise Bouchard, 52, of Danvers.

There will be a 4 p.m. press conference on this.

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