A Bedford teenager won’t be charged in the 2012 car accident that killed his passenger.

After reviewing the collision reports, the Hillsborough County Attorney’s office determined there wasn’t enough evidence to prosecute the driver, Hillsborough County Attorney Patricia M. LaFrance said in a written statement Friday.

Ian Bolser, then 19, was driving home from Hampton Beach on July 28, 2012, with his friend Andrew Roy, 19, also from Bedford, when Bolser fell asleep. His Mitsubishi Lancer struck a sound barrier on the Exit 2 off-ramp of Interstate 293 in Manchester at about 6:45 a.m. and rolled over.

Roy was pronounced dead at the scene, while Bolser was taken to Elliot Hospital in Manchseter with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

New Hampshire State Police Trooper Michael
Pelletier investigated the crash and turned his findings to the Hillsborough County Attorney’s office for review of potential charges.

According to LaFrance’s press release, the evidence wasn’t sufficient to charge Bolser with negligent homicide.

She said the prosecutor and victim advocate informed Roy’s family of the decision, and the family then asked that the state
attorney general’s office review the case to determine if the decision not to initiate criminal charges was within prosecutorial discretion.

On Sept. 4, the attorney general informed LaFrance that the decision was within prosecutorial discretion.

“These types of cases are among the most tragic and heartbreaking our office has,” LaFrance wrote. “We understand there is a strong desire for someone to be held criminally responsible when a life is lost.

“As prosecutors, we must look at the evidence critically and not allow our own emotions to dictate whether a crime was committed.”

The fatal crash was Bolser’s second serious accident in two months.

On June 10, 2012, he lost control of his car while entering I-293 southbound at Exit 4 in Manchester. He suffered a concussion and injured his arm, while a passenger allegedly suffered whiplash.

He posted on his Facebook page that night: “No more car … its totalled.”

In response to inquiries from friends, including Roy, about what happened, he posted, “I”m ok just got a nasty nasty headache and my arms wicked soar but I’m the only one with any injuries minus Pat who was also in the car with me luckily he just got some whiplash.”

Bolser wrote that the accident happened when he slid onto the highway, hit a Jeep and then a guardrail.

Bolser wound up not being charged for that accident.

He also lost his license for 60 days after pleading guilty to charges of speeding and transportation of a controlled drug in Hooksett District Court on Sept. 19.

Bolser and Roy met as students at Bedford High School.

Roy transferred to the Manchester School of Technology, and after graduating in 2011, he worked as a carpenter with his father’s construction company.

According to Bolser’s Facebook page, he is a disc jockey with Paperstarship Entertainment in
Manchester.

It isn’t known whether the Roy family will pursue a civil complaint, which has a lower burden of proof than a criminal charge.

Irene Labombarde can be reached at 673-3100 or ilabombarde@nashuatelegraph.com.