Vt. State Trooper Critically Injured in Crash with Fire Truck

March 8, 2024

A Vermont State Police trooper was responding to a box truck that had slid off the interstate in Bethel when his cruiser crashed into a fire truck already at the scene.

Joe Vince

A Vermont State Police trooper was critically injured when his cruiser crashed into a fire apparatus Friday.

The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. while firefighters were directing traffic along Interstate 89 in Bethel after involving a box truck that had slid off the road, WPTZ-TV reports. A trooper responding to that incident then slammed into a fire truck at the scene.

The trooper was airlifted to the hospital, and he was in critical condition. No other injuries were reported.

A stretch of I-89 was closed following the crash. It was reopened shortly after 1:30 p.m.

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.