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On 6/20/16 at 15:19 Vermont State Police and Springfield Fire responded to a one vehicle crash on I91, mile marker 39N, in Springfield. Jerry Schleis was traveling north in his 2008 Chev pick-up truck with a bed camper. The vehicle drifted into the median and became airborne after driving up the u-turn embankment. The vehicle was in the air for approximately 130 feet before it landed north of the u-turn. The camper separated from the truck and the truck continued north in the median where it struck trees and came to a stop. The operator suffered a head laceration and was transported to the Springfield Hospital. The operator reported that he possibly fell asleep. He was issued a ticket for driving off the roadway. It took several hours to clean up the scene.
– Vermont State Police
2016-06-22 / Local
Driver injured after Interstate 91 traffic accident
SPRINGFIELD — An 68-year-old Arizona man suffered a head laceration Monday after the pick-up truck he was driving drifted into the median and became airborne on Interstate 91 in Springfield.
Vermont State Police say at 3:19 p.m., Jerry Schleis was traveling northbound in his 2008 Chevy pick-up truck with a bed camper. The truck drifted into the median and became airborne after driving up the U-turn embankment. The truck was approximately 130 feet in the air before it landed north of the U-turn. The camper separated from the truck and the truck continued north in the median where it struck trees and came to a stop.
Schelis told police that he possibly fell asleep. He was transported to the Springfield Hospital.
The truck’s front end, undercarriage and camper were damaged.
Schelis, who was wearing a seatbelt, was issued a ticket for driving off the roadway.
Police say it took several hours to clean up the scene.
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