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December 8, 2025

St. Johnsbury Barracks / Crash

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

 

CASE#: 25A4010984                                           

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Adam Aremburg

STATION: St. Johnsbury Barracks                                 

CONTACT#: 802-748-3111

 

DATE/TIME: 12/08/25 at approximately 1002 hours

STREET: I-91 SB

TOWN: St. Johnsbury

INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: 133.6

WEATHER:       Sunny

ROAD CONDITIONS: Slush and ice

 

VEHICLE #1

OPERATOR: Malcolm Doak

AGE: 65     

SEAT BELT? Yes

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Kirby, VT

 

PASSENGER: Carole Doak

AGE: 64   

SEAT BELT? Yes

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Kirby, VT

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2021

VEHICLE MAKE: Subaru

VEHICLE MODEL: Forester

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Totaled

INJURIES: None/minor

HOSPITAL: NVRH

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH:

 

On December 8, 2025, at approximately 10:02 a.m., the Vermont State Police received multiple 911 calls reporting a rollover crash on Interstate 91 southbound near mile marker 133.6.

 

While responding, troopers were advised that the vehicle’s occupants were trapped. Troopers arrived on scene first and began efforts to extricate the operator, Malcolm Doak, and the passenger, Carole Doak, from a 2021 Subaru Forester.

 

Personnel from CALEX Ambulance and the St. Johnsbury Fire Department arrived shortly thereafter and successfully freed both occupants.

 

Malcolm and Carole Doak were transported by CALEX Ambulance to Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) as a precaution.

 

Preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle’s lack of winter tires contributed to the crash.