STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE#: 26B1003281
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Sgt. Stacy Corliss
STATION: Westminster Barracks
CONTACT#: 802-722-4600
DATE/TIME: 04/19/2026 at approximately 2204 hours
STREET: VT Route 100
TOWN: Jamaica, VT
LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS:
INTERSTATE MILE MARKER:
WEATHER: cloudy, cold
ROAD CONDITIONS: clear, dry
VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: State Police Trooper Tyler Breen
AGE: 31
SEAT BELT? Yes
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Westminster, VT
VEHICLE YEAR: 2021
VEHICLE MAKE: Ford
VEHICLE MODEL: Explorer
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: totaled
INJURIES: minor
HOSPITAL: Grace Cottage Hospital
VEHICLE #2
OPERATOR: Christina Fisher
AGE: 52
SEAT BELT? Yes
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Wardsboro, VT
INJURIES: minor
HOSPITAL: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
VEHICLE YEAR: 2012
VEHICLE MAKE: Honda
VEHICLE MODEL: CRV
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #2: totaled
PASSENGER NO. 1: Reika Fisher
AGE: 18
SEAT BELT: Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:
INJURIES: serious, non-life-threatening
HOSPITAL: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital / Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
PASSENGER NO. 2: Myra Jacobs
AGE: 33
SEAT BELT: Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Wardsboro
INJURIES: minor
HOSPITAL: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
PASSENGER NO. 3: Kaori Shiya
AGE: 50
SEAT BELT: Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:
INJURIES: serious, non-life-threatening
HOSPITAL: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital / Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
SUMMARY OF CRASH:
The Vermont State Police is identifying the individuals involved in Sunday’s two-vehicle crash as follows:
Vehicle No. 1 was driven by Vermont State Police Trooper Tyler Breen, 31, who is assigned to the Westminster Barracks. He sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from Grace Cottage Hospital in Townshend.
Vehicle No. 2 was driven by Christina Fisher, 52, of Wardsboro. She sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. The passengers in Fisher’s vehicle were:
- Reika Fisher, 18, the front passenger. She sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries. She was transported to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
- Myra Jacobs, 33, the rear driver’s side passenger. She sustained minor injuries and was treated and released from Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.
- Kaori Shiya, 50, the rear passenger side passenger. She sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries, was transported to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and later transferred to DHMC.
VSP’s investigation into the crash has determined that Trooper Breen and another trooper were on duty and responding to a call for service in Jamaica when Trooper Breen lost control of his cruiser while negotiating a right-hand curve on Route 100. Breen’s cruiser traveled left of center and collided head-on with Christina Fisher’s Honda CRV. The troopers provided medical assistance to the four injured individuals in the SUV until emergency medical personnel arrived on scene.
No further information is available at this time.
***Initial news release, 1:10 a.m. Monday, April 20, 2026***
On 04/19/26 at approximately 2204 hours, Vermont State Police - Westminster Barracks responded to a two-vehicle crash on VT Route 100 in the Town of Jamaica, VT. One of the vehicles involved was a State Police cruiser. The Trooper operating the cruiser and the four occupants of the other vehicle involved were transported to area hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Investigation into the crash is ongoing and an update will be provided at a later time.
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