An accident involving several vehicles closed down I-91 northbound between exits 6 & 7 this morning. Roads were slippery early after snow and sleet overnight. Vermont State Police report there were no serious injuries at the accident scene.
On Friday, State Police in Rockingham investigated a multiple vehicle crash which occurred on I-91 in Springfield near mile marker 40, north bound, at 7:00 a.m. Evan White was operating a 2013 Toyota Scion and lost control of his vehicle and slid into the median. He exited his vehicle and was standing near his vehicle. Janessa Gray was traveling north in the passing lane in a 2012 Honda Civic, followed by Riccardo Yarbrough in a 2006 International Tractor Trailer pulling a flat bed trailer. Gray and Yarbrough were passing Melvin Lucia who was operating a 2014 Kenworth Tractor Trailer pulling two box trailers. Gray slowed as she saw White in the median. Yarbrough was unable to slow and collided with the rear of Gray's vehicle and then sideswiped the trailer of the truck Lucia was pulling. Yarbrough's truck then slid into the median, coming to rest facing south with the trailer sideways across the interstate, blocking the two travel lanes. When Yarbrough slid into the median, he collided with White and his vehicle. Gray's vehicle slid off the east side of the roadway, coming to rest facing southwest. Lucia stopped in the breakdown lane.
Yarbrough, White and Gray were transported to Springfield Hospital for injuries. I-91 between exits 6 and 7 north bound were closed for 5 1/2 hours while the truck was being removed. State Police were assisted by Golden Cross Ambulance, Springfield Police Department, Springfield Fire Department and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
An investigation is pending. Weather conditions included freezing rain, and road conditions were wet with patchy ice.
Well if Vermont would take care of their roads like New Hampshire then there more then likely wouldn't have been that accident. I myself live in Southern Vermont near these exits and I don't dare to travel on them during winter. I go out of my way to travel in New Hampshire. If Vermont would step it up then maybe it would be safer for people to travel
ReplyDeleteI so agree with you, I drive tractor trailer out of Windsor at night, and it's aggravating when I head to work at 730pm from NH and the plow are out in full force, and when I cross into VT the roads haven't even been touched. Cuz VT goes home at 6pm. and don't come back out until the morning commute starts, which by that time it's to late. I'm glad I don't live in VT to pay taxes for crappy road care. And for a sate that tries to promote tourism as much as they do, I would think you plows wold be taking care of the roads a hell of a lot better,
ReplyDeleteVermont can't afford to take care of the roads!!! I LIVE in Putney and Our road is one of the LAST to get taken care of!!
ReplyDeleteBack around 2005, the head of the DOT garage in Ludlow told me the state had cut back 40% on sanding and salting in the name of efficient government.
ReplyDeleteProper sanding and salting will bring a winter road up to 75% of summer drivability, so it meant quite a reduction in safety on all the state-maintained highways. About that time, a fellow named Ed Flanagan skidded off the road at night and was not found for three days. He has suffered greatly from the physical and neurological effects ever since.
So, I was moved to compute how much less I was paying in taxes in the name of "efficient government," i.e., roads only 60% safe as they could be, allowing conditions which have maimed and killed more than one person ever since.
My share of taxes to put all state-maintained highways in top winter driving shape was $109.
For that amount of money, I could buy one medium-quality cowboy boot. Or I could travel with a very high degree of confidence on a state road in winter.
But hey! Don't raise MY taxes!! Government is evil; why should we have to pay anything for it? We already have too much wasteful government spending.
Too bad about your rig. I hope you get over it. Of course, it's a little hard to get over getting fired or going bankrupt for lack of higher taxes.
Chuck, why don't you just sign over all your worldly possessions to the government so that it can put them to more productive and noble use for all creatures, great and small? Before you do so though, set enough aside to buy that poor fellow a new rig. Then go check yourself into a monastery , take a vow of silence, and start brewing some good beer. "Silence is Golden Lager Beer" - We'll all drink to that!
ReplyDeleteYou'd rather have one medium-grade cowboy boot. That's okay with me.
DeleteNo, that's what you'd rather have. I'd rather be able to better feed my kids with that $100+.
DeleteAnd pay higher auto insurance premiums because of the higher accident rates in the state? That'll burn up $190 mighty fast….
DeleteChuck is once again illogical.
DeleteWell, tell me how somebody's insurance premiums went down after they skidded into a guardrail and did $1500 worth of damage to their front end. That's the sort of accident proper salting and sanding reduce. And when an entire state has an above-average incidence of accidents, the actuaries tell the financial people to goose the premiums for everybody there.
DeleteIt's like health insurance. You did see SiCKO, right? As a driver, you'll want to read Andrew Tobias' book, "The Invisible Bankers." They don't operate as charities, you know.
It's more than sanding and salting chuck, the drivers hold substantial accountability on this.
DeleteSounds like you have some info I could learn from.
DeleteWELCOME TO VERMONT - Non-Drivers Turn Back Now!
ReplyDeleteWELCOME TO SPRINGFIELD, All Truck Drivers turn back now.
Delete-Sincerely,
NOSAG.
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ReplyDeletewell It would help if they opened the damn pull offs and rest areas that they closed. There was always a place for the trucks to pull off until roads were clear. Then some morons decided there was enough parking at exit 7 and there was no need for rest areas during winter. Since then 91 has been closed half a dozen times every winter because of the unpassable roads.
ReplyDeleteI lived in NH for years and 89 sucks, and I have found now living in VT the roads are much better. Weathersfield is AMAZING with their road care and 131 is fantastic.
ReplyDeletereally ,is that why two tractor trailers got stuck on the 19th and a 3 car accident also happened on rt 131..weathersfield is not amazing during storms
Deletekinda funny because I live in New Hampshire and some time the roads are better in Vermont ............ I live right on the border....... and go between both states on a regular......... I have had to break into 4wheel drive in both states ........its winter time and all roads are crap sooooooo suck it up !!!! if you don't like it move SOUTH ..............
ReplyDeleteDon't blame the roads. If you look at the first picture you see a car off of the road. Looks like he was going pretty fast to have his car go into the snow bank like that. Then the he got out of his vehicle and was standing on side of road. that is when second car came upon the the first car saw guy and slowed down. that is when she was rear ended by tractor trailer truck . causing him to jack knife then resulting to fed ex truck to get into accident also. so it sounds like to me driving to fast for road conditions.
ReplyDeleteFunny that you can't even see the vehicle in the photo. However if you could, you would notice that the vehicle is deep in the snow bank because it was completely run over by a flat bed tractor trailer. Know the facts.
DeleteSome State of VT road crews are great....and some are incompetant. It has little to do with money. I refuse to drive 91 between Rockingham and Windsor in inclement weather so I'll run Rt 12 in NH instead (clear as a bell). Whichever State crew takes care of 91 between exits 6 and 8 SHOULD BE FIRED!
ReplyDeleteI know Evan. He is a wild man behind the wheel.
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