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November 26, 2025

Royalton Barracks / Crash

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

 

CASE#:               25B2006411                  

RANK/TROOPER NAME:  Trooper Connery

STATION:                         VSP Royalton  

 

DATE/TIME: 11/26/2025 0713

STREET: I89

TOWN: Sharon

LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: 89 Exit 2

INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: 13 Southbound

WEATHER:        Rain, Fog

ROAD CONDITIONS: Wet

 

VEHICLE #1

OPERATOR: Austin Braga

AGE:      28

SEAT BELT? Yes

STATE OF RESIDENCE:  Massachusetts

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2003

VEHICLE MAKE: Toyota

VEHICLE MODEL:  Camry

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: YES

INJURIES: Minor

HOSPITAL: DHCMC

 

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH:

 

              On 11/26/25 at approximately 0713 hours, Troopers from the Vermont State Police Royalton Barracks responded to a crash on interstate 89 southbound in the area of the Sharon Exit, near mile marker 13. The interstate was temporarily reduced to one lane for safety as Troopers investigated the crash. The Vermont State Police was assisted by the Sharon Fire Department and Hartford Rescue . Occupants were transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medica Center and treated for minor injury. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

 

 

 

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