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August 31, 2025

Williston Barracks / Crash with Injuries

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

 

CASE#: 25A1006648             

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Shamir Exantus

STATION: Williston Barracks         

CONTACT#: 802-878-7111

 

DATE/TIME: 08/31/25; 05:45 Hours

LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: South of Richie's Lane

TOWN: Cambridge

WEATHER: Clear

ROAD CONDITIONS: Good

 

VEHICLE #1

OPERATOR: Keegan Pease

AGE: 48  

SEAT BELT? Y

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Jeffersonville, VT

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2017

VEHICLE MAKE: Dodge

VEHICLE MODEL: Challenger

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Totaled

INJURIES: Yes (Cuts and Bruises to the abdomen.)

 

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH:

 

On August 31, 2025, at approximately 05:45, Troopers from the Vermont State Police – Williston Barracks were notified of a single vehicle crash on Route 15 near Richie's Lane in the town of Cambridge. Operator #1 Pease (48) was traveling northbound on Route 15 towards Johnson, where the operator crashed and ended up in a homeowner's ditch. The investigation revealed, while traveling northbound on Route 15, Pease veered off the road and bounce off a boulder on a homeowner's culvert striking the right side of his vehicle. As result brought his vehicle to an uncontrolled rest in the ditch facing south.  Pease was transported to UVMC for minor, non-life-threatening injuries.

 

Troopers were assisted on scene by Cambridge Fire Department and Fire Rescue, and Stones Garage.