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Fog, ice trigger tragedy Bridge construction to start this spring on Richville Dam Road SHOREHAM — On Dec. 27, 2009, at approximately 6:30 p.m., a Toyota operated by Rachel Herrick age 26, of Shoreham was westbound on the Richville Dam Road in Shoreham. It was foggy and the roads were ice covered and extremely slippery. As Herrick’s car traveled westbound, it slid off the northside of the road into a ditch. A Chevy truck operated by Peter J. Coe, age 43, of Shoreham was eastbound with family members when he stopped to help the occupants of Herrick’s car. Unfortunately, Coe died in the accident. A Shoreham volunteer firefighter pulled his vehicle into the westbound lane, facing east, in an attempt to pull out Herrick’s vehicle. The road is on a crest of a hill with a corner. Jason K. Vandeweert, age 30, of Addison, was operating a Chevy truck pulling an empty flatbed trailer, and was west bound when he crested the hill and observed Herrick’s vehicle in the eastbound lane. Vandeweert attempted to halt his vehicle, but due to the icy road conditions, was unable to stop. Vandeweert’s truck exited the northside of the road where the front of this vehicle collided with Coe who was standing outside of his vehicle. Vanderweert then collided with a CVPS power pole, a large tree and Herrick’s vehicle. Coe died as a result of injuries sustained in this collision. Vermont State Police were assisted at the scene by the Shoreham Volunteer Fire Department, Shoreham First Response and the Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association. This accident is currently under investigation. Anyone with any information is requested to contact Trooper Todd Conway at 388-4919.
Plow truck, SUV collide on Route 125 BRIDPORT — On Dec. 23, Paula Brooks, age 74, of Crown Point, N.Y., driving a 2004 Ford Expedition struck a 2002 International State of Vermont snowplow, with plow and wing attached. The plow truck was operated by Dean J. Degray, age 48, of Bridport. The accident occured on Route 125 in Bridport. At approximately 9:30 a.m. Brooks’ vehicle went out of control and crossed the center line of Route 125 and the left front of Brooks’ SUV collided with the left side of the snow plow in the west bound lane. Upon collision Brooks spun in a clockwise direction and the right side of the vehicle collided with left side of the Ford. The snowplow went off the north side of the road and end up in a ditch facing west. After the collision, Brooks went back across the center of the road and exited the south side of Route 125 and ended up facing north. Brooks was injured and was transported to Porter Hospital in Middlebury. It was snowing hard and the roads were snow covered and slippery. Vermont State Police were assisted at the scene by the Bridport Volunteer Fire Department and the Middlebury Volunteer Ambulance Association. The accident is currently under investigation. Any witnesses are asked to call the Vermont State Police New Haven Barracks at 388-4919.
ADDISON — The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) completed a critical task in the process reestablishing a transportation link between their states, by demolishing the 80-year-old Lake Champlain Bridge, thus paving the way for a new bridge that will sit in the footprint of the former one. As thousands lined the lakeshroe in a whiteout to watch the implosion in person, via the Internet and on television, New York’s blasting subcontractor, Advanced Explosives Demolition (AED), used some 500 pre-set high-tech linearshaped explosive charges to cut through the steel at 17,000 feet per second, bringing down the 80-yearold span in less than ten seconds. Following a burst of bright light and a nearly simultaneous boom of greater than 130 decibels, spans numbers 4 through 9—or more than 80 percent of the bridge—dropped into Lake Champlain. The fallen portions and the concrete piers that supported them will be removed before next spring along with the remainder of the bridge. The lake in that vicinity is to be open to navigational traffic in April. “We continue to move as quickly as possible to restore the vital connection between our states, and resume normal transportation across Lake Champlain on behalf of those who live near and depend on it in their daily lives,” said New York Governor David A. Paterson. “The bridge coming down weighs heavy on our hearts, but it is a critical task that is now completed. The former
The final moments of the Lake Champlain Bridge: 1929-2009. Photos courtesy of The Times of Ti
Lake Champlain Bridge, which served our states well since it opened in1929, had outlived its lifespan. Once the new bridge is built, we will have an even more ma-
jestic connection between our states, and the communities in the surrounding areas will benefit from a span that will be more modern, but will preserve the envi-
ronmental and historical integrity of the area.” "It was an honor to be a part of the effort today to bring down the old Lake
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