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December 2, 2024

St. Albans Barracks / Fatal Crash

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

 

CASE#: 24A2008631                                              

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Jordan Peterson

STATION: St. Albans                                 

CONTACT#: 802-524-5993

 

DATE/TIME: 12/02/24 @ 1009 hours

STREET: Stonehouse Rd

TOWN: Enosburg

LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: Hayes Farm Rd

WEATHER: Snow          

ROAD CONDITIONS: Snow and Ice

 

VEHICLE #1

OPERATOR: Withheld pending notification

AGE: 86     

SEAT BELT? N

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Middlebury, VT

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2022

VEHICLE MAKE: Ford

VEHICLE MODEL: F-350

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Front end - total

INJURIES: Fatal

HOSPITAL: UVMMC

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH:

 

On the above date and time Troopers with the Vermont State Police St. Albans Barracks responded to the report of a motor vehicle crash with injury in the area of Stonehouse Rd. in Enosburg, VT. Upon arrival, Troopers observed a red F-350 at a position of rest after colliding with a telephone pole. Airbags were deployed and the vehicle sustained heavy front-end damage. The operator was transported from the scene by the Enosburgh Ambulance Service to the Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, then to the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington where the operator succumbed to their injuries.

 

The operator's name is being withheld pending next of kin notifications.

 

The cause of this crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information or who witnessed this crash may contact the Vermont State Police St. Albans Barracks at 802-524-5993.