Springfield woman ID’d as victim in fatal motorcycle crash

Vermont State Police have identified the victim of a fatal car-motorcycle accident Friday evening on a curve on Route 131.

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Springfield woman ID’d as victim in fatal motorcycle crash Posted on June 25, 2013 by Rob Mitchell | Comments Off Staff Report AMSDEN — Vermont State Police have identified the victim of a fatal car-motorcycle accident Friday evening on a curve on Route 131. Jennifer Bixby, 33, of Springfield, died of her injuries sustained in the accident. She was a passenger on a motorcycle operated by Jeremy Desmarais, 39, also of Springfield. Both Bixby and Desmarais were taken to Springfield Hospital, where Bixby died from her injuries, Desmarais suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries, according to state police. The driver of the car, Paul Cooper, 59, of Windham, N.H., was not injured in the accident. State police said Desmarais was westbound and Cooper eastbound at the time of the accident. State police said that alcohol was not a factor in the crash. The accident is still under investigation, police said, and the accident reconstruction team was called in.