CONTACT:
Conservation Officer Jonathan Demler
603-744-5470
603-271-3361
October 19, 2026
Wentworth, NH – At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2026, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department was notified of a mountain biker who had been discovered unresponsive on a trail located within the Green Woodlands Foundation trail system. An emergency response was immediately started with individuals on the trail beginning life-saving measures.
First responders from the Wentworth Fire Department, Rumney Fire Department, and Plymouth Fire Rescue as well as staff of Green Woodlands and Fish and Game Conservation Officers responded to the Thunder Chicken Trail in an effort to provide life-saving actions. Unfortunately, the mountain biker, identified as John Borger, III, 55, of Grantham, NH, could not be resuscitated and was pronounced deceased at 3:30 p.m. With coordination from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, crews then moved the decedent to the trailhead at Rowentown Road to be received by an Assistant Deputy Medical Examiner and funeral home personnel.