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Autopsy shows 4 killed instantly in NH crash

Levesque and DeFreitas (Londonderry High School, 2004)

New Hampshire State Police say autopsies show the four young men who died in a car accident were killed instantly and that speed was a contributing factor.

It's still not clear when the crash happened. Police also said Tuesday that only one person, the driver, Jeffrey Levesque, was wearing a seatbelt.

Their mangled car was found Sunday off Interstate 293 in Manchester, 37 hours after they were last spotted in a bar and 16 hours after they were reported missing.

Police said toxicology reports will be forthcoming.

The victims were three childhood friends - 24-year-old Levesque and Alex DeFreitas, both of Londonderry; 25-year-old Chase Abreu of Pelham - and Levesque's friend and co-worker, 25-year-old Jesse Pena of Lowell, Mass.

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