September 26, 2025

Royalton Barracks / Crash

STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE

NEWS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

CASE#: 25B2005304             
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Elisabeth Plympton
STATION: VSP Royalton               
CONTACT#: 802-234-9933

DATE/TIME: 09/25/2025 @ approximately 2018 hours
STREET: Interstate 89 southbound
TOWN: Randolph, VT
LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: N/A
INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: 32.1
WEATHER: Rain
ROAD CONDITIONS: Wet

VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: Emma Shaw
AGE: 29  
SEAT BELT? Yes
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Danvers, MA

PASSENGER: Lillian Shaw
AGE: 25
SEAT BELT? Yes
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Chesterfield, MA

VEHICLE YEAR: 2012
VEHICLE MAKE: Toyota
VEHICLE MODEL: Rav4
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Totaled
INJURIES: Non-life threatening
HOSPITAL: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center



SUMMARY OF CRASH:

At the above date and time, The Vermont State Police received several reports of a vehicle that lost control and crashed into the tree line in the median on I89 southbound MM 32.1, in the town of Randolph. Fire and EMS were also dispatched. Emergency responders arrived to find two occupants entrapped in a Toyota Rav4 which was totaled. The operator was identified as Emma Shaw (29) and the passenger was identified as Lillian Shaw (25). The occupants were transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to be treated for their injuries. The crash remains under investigation.




Trooper Elisabeth Plympton

Vermont State Police

Royalton Barracks

2011 VT RT 107
Bethel, VT 05032
Tel: 802-234-9933