Editor’s Note: This story was updated to include information and a link to a GoFundMe for the passenger of the truck involved in last month’s crash, McIntyre Tintle.

A car accident that killed a 53-year-old woman in Loudon late last month was at least the fourth fatal crash on the same stretch of Route 106 in the past year, Loudon Police Chief Dana Flanders II said.

It’s “certainly something we don’t take lightly and we’re working hard to increase enforcement activities on 106,” Flanders said in an interview Friday.

An SUV driven by Kimberley St. George, of Gilmanton, struck a truck driven by Christian Willey, 21, of Milton, head on at around 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 20.

St. George died and Willey suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to Flanders. McIntyre Tintle, the passenger in the truck, suffered serious “life changing” injuries, according to his sister, Alanah Tintle.

The accident followed a single-vehicle fatal crash on Route 106 in January, Flanders said. Last July, an eight-year-old child died in a head-on crash on the state highway.

The spate of motor vehicle deaths on the 11-mile stretch of the two-lane road that runs through Loudon had led the police department to increase its presence there.

In addition to increasing enforcement, Flanders said a traffic light is set to be installed where South Village Road and Chichester Road intersection of Route 106.

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The police department is still finalizing its investigation of what caused the recent crash and a report would likely be released this coming week, Flanders said.

In general, he said driver inattention plays a role in the spate of car accidents.

“We rely on the people driving the road to be safe,” Flanders said. “Whether people are on cell phones or being inattentive to the vehicle, those are the reasons we’re having these accidents.”

The busy 55-mile-per-highway presents little space for course correction when a driver veers off course.

“When people go head on and collide it’s a serious accident almost every single time,” Flanders said.

St. George was raised in Nashua and was the mother of three children and had one grandchild, according to an obituary. She worked as the general manager of a 7-Eleven for over 20 years and was described as a “nurturer” to those around her.

“Her warmth and care earned her the affectionate title of ‘Ma’ from both her coworkers and the many friends of her children, who all saw her as a second mother,” the obituary stated. “She had a radiant presence, lighting up any room she entered with her energy and kind spirit.”

A GoFundMe set up to support St. George’s family had raised more than $12,000 as of Friday.

A GoFundMe set up to support Tintle, the passenger in the truck, had raised $10,080 as of Saturday.

“Mac is the most humble, and hardest-working person I know. He spends his life providing for his wife and daughter, who are his entire world and the reason he does everything,” his sister wrote on the GoFundMe. “Now, he’s facing life altering injuries that will keep him out of his physically demanding job for a long road of recovery and rehabilitation.”

Flanders did not have an update on the status of Willey and the passenger in his vehicle. The truck is owned by the company Communications Construction Group, LLC and Willey was working as a contractor for Comcast, according to Flanders.

Jeremy Margolis can be contacted jmargolis@cmonitor.com.