STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE

PRESS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

CASE#: 09D202989

TROOPER: Sgt. Mike Sorensen
STATION: Brattleboro
CONTACT#: (802)254-2382

DATE/TIME: 11/06/09 0933 hours

LOCATION (specific): South Wardsboro Road Town of Newfane

VEHICLE #1 OPERATOR: Pending Next of Kin Notification SEAT BELT? Yes
DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE: 2007 Chevrolet Silverado pick up
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE: Hood, Roof, Passenger Side     
 
INJURIES - OPERATOR #1 - Fatal
 
HOSPITAL: Grace Cottage

WEATHER: Overcast/cloudy        
ROAD COND: Mud

SUMMARY OF CRASH:

On 11/06/09 at approximately 0933 hours the Vermont State Police, NewBrook Fire Department, and Rescue Inc responded to the South Wardsboro Road in Newfane for a report of a single vehicle off the road on its roof in a brook. Investigation revealed that Vehicle #1 had been traveling north on the South Wardsboro Road , and was rounding a moderate left hand curve in muddy road conditions when the right side tires left the east side of the roadway.  Vehicle #1 went over a steep bank and rolled onto its roof into Wardsboro Brook, coming to rest facing in a north northwesterly direction.  Passersby found Operator #1 seatbelted in the driver’s seat partially submerged.  Operator #1 was extricated by passersby.  CPR was initiated and Operator #1 was transported to Grace Cottage Hospital by Rescue Inc. where he was pronounced dead at 1037 hours.  

A post mortem examination at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is scheduled to determine the cause of death.  The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information related to this crash, who has not already spoken with the State Police, is asked to contact Sgt. Mike Sorensen at the Brattleboro Barracks (802)254-2382.

The name of Operator #1 will be released in an updated press release, once next of kin notification has been confirmed.