Showing posts with label Accidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Accidents. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Vehicle accident in Weathersfield

It happened at that sharp curve between Downers Four Corners and Amsden village. A dump truck collided with a silver sedan, spilling 100 gallons of diesel fuel onto the road.

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Crash shuts down I-91 for more than an hour

A truck hauling a camper crashed on I-91 in Springfield on Friday.

Friday, June 29, 2018

Perkinsville woman killed in head-on crash after truck crosses I-91 median in Hartland

A 36-year-old Perkinsville woman died on Thursday morning when a Charlestown man lost control of his southbound pickup truck on Interstate 91, crossing the median and striking her northbound vehicle head-on. Laura Cody McNaughton was a Springfield High School graduate and wife of Ethan McNaughton.

Monday, June 25, 2018

Coughing fit blamed for head-on crash that sent three people to area hospitals

Route 106 near the Hartness Airport was shut down for an hour Saturday evening by a head-on collision that occurred right in front of the intersection with Baltimore and Green Valley roads.

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Police investigating fatal Springfield crash

Springfield Police are investigating a fatal two-car head-on collision. It happened Wednesday afternoon just after 2 p.m. on Route 11 west near the Springfield Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Monday, June 4, 2018

Pilot stuck atop trees for hours after ultralight aircraft has engine failure above North Springfield Dam


A doctor from Rutland ended up stuck for hours atop a pair of 60-foot-tall trees inside an ultralight plane Sunday on a hillside overlooking the North Springfield Dam and the nearby Springfield Airport.

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

78-year-old glider pilot is 'okay’ after weekend crash

A pilot who crashed a glider into an open field Saturday is “a little sore,” but recovering with a dislocated finger, cuts and bruises.

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Glider crash

A glider crashed in a hay field off School Street in North Springfield early Saturday afternoon, sending the pilot to the hospital.   Photo by Kiki Boyens

Friday, May 4, 2018

Oil spill on River Street


A hydraulic line in a Gurney Brother Construction excavator split on Friday morning, spilling oil on River Street that tied up traffic for three hours.

Friday, April 20, 2018

Woman killed when car hits tree

Police say a 61-year-old Springfield woman died on Thursday when her car struck a tree off Chestnut Street in Claremont.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Major I-91 accident closes exit 7

Interstate 91 southbound was closed this evening at Exit 7 in Springfield. Emergency services were on scene for a log truck vs state plow truck crash. The accident occured at around 5:30 pm.

Friday, November 10, 2017

Wrong-way driver flees accident scene, found unconscious in the woods

Vermont State Police say a 52-year-old man was driving in the wrong direction Wednesday on Interstate 91 in Springfield, when he crashed his car, fled the scene on foot and was then found unconscious in a nearby wooded area.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

1 charged following 3-car accident

Police charged one of the drivers involved in a three-car collision on Clinton Street in Springfield Wednesday after it was found that he was operating with a criminally suspended license.

Monday, August 7, 2017

Driver dies in crash on I-91

One person was killed Sunday evening in a single vehicle crash in Springfield.

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Man dies in Weathersfield motorcycle crash

Dale R. Porter of Ascutney was killed near Stoughton Pond early Thursday morning after being ejected from his Titan motorcycle on wet roads.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Heroin use blamed for Springfield man's "spectacular" SUV crash in Ludlow

A telephone pole was all that prevented a Springfield man who was allegedly "nodding off" after having just injected heroin from crashing his SUV through the front of a house alongside Route 103 in Ludlow first thing Monday morning, according to the police officer who investigated the drug-related crash.

Thursday, July 6, 2017

Emergency units respond to collision between car and tractor-trailer


Police and firefighters in Springfield responded on Thursday morning, July 6 to the scene of a two-vehicle collision on Route 11 / Chester Road in Springfield.

Monday, June 19, 2017

Tree collapse displaces apartment residents

A tree came down on a residence in Springfield Friday, displacing 10 people from seven apartment units due to damage on the rear of the River Street building that made it uninhabitable, according to the Springfield Fire Department.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Springfield man sentenced in pedestrian’s death

A 22-year-old Springfield, Vt., man who fled the scene after his car struck and killed a pedestrian pleaded guilty to charges in the case on Tuesday and was sentenced to six months of home confinement.

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