STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE#: 25A3001337
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Farnum-Boylan
STATION: Berlin Barracks
CONTACT#: 802-299-9191
DATE/TIME: February 28, 2025, at 0938 hours
STREET: Interstate 89S
TOWN: Brookfield
INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: Mile Post 39.8
WEATHER: Clear
ROAD CONDITIONS: Wet
VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: Tyson Wescot
AGE: 21
SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Wilder, VT
VEHICLE YEAR: 2012
VEHICLE MAKE: Freightliner
VEHICLE MODEL: Flatbed Wrecker
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Moderate Front-End Damage
VEHICLE #2
OPERATOR: Gerard Peters
AGE: 75
SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Albany, VT
VEHICLE YEAR: 2020
VEHICLE MAKE: Subaru
VEHICLE MODEL: Outback
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #2: Totaled
SUMMARY OF CRASH:
On the above date and time Troopers from the Berlin Barracks and the Brookfield Fire Department were at the scene of an unrelated motor vehicle crash at the above listed location. The Brookfield Fire Department was actively conducting traffic control, slowing vehicles and merging them away from emergency vehicles which were stopped, with their emergency lights activated, in the right lane of Interstate 89S.
Vehicle 1 entered the area at reported highways speeds and failed to follow the direction of emergency personnel. The flatbed wrecker rear ended Vehicle 2 and then struck a parked Brookfield Fire Engine before coming to rest in the median. Vehicle 2 was pushed into the median where it subsequently came to rest. All occupants were transported to the Central Vermont Medical Center for evaluation.
Vermont State Police were assisted at the scene by the Vermont Agency of Transportation, Brookfield Fire Department, Randolph Fire Department, Randolph Police Department, Washington County Sheriff's Department, and Barre Town Ambulance Service. Anyone with information regarding this collision is encouraged to call the Vermont State Police and speak with Trooper Farnum-Boylan.
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