Police log no serious Christmas Eve crashes
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Staff Report - Published: December 27, 2008
SHAFTSBURY — Vermont State Police responded to a number of accidents on Christmas Eve due to slippery road conditions but no serious injuries resulted from the crashes.
Trooper Robert Zink investigated two incidents that involved drivers colliding with utility poles, causing the poles to snap and wires to come down.
In the first, Theodore Wilson, 37, of Londonderry, lost control of his 2005 Jeep Cherokee and hit a pole on Mad Tom Road in Dorset. While the pole was snapped and the Jeep was extensively damaged, no injuries were reported.
The second crash involved Edward Gilbert, 47, of Jacksonville, losing control of his Ford F350 plow truck and striking a pole on Tunnel Street in Whitingham. This crash left low-hanging wires over the road, according to police.
Trooper Jesse Robson investigated a two-vehicle crash on Route 7 in Shaftsbury near the highest elevation. Thomas Dailey, 55, of Shaftsbury, lost control of his 1998 Chrysler Sebring while traveling north. After striking a guardrail, his vehicle spun into the southbound lane and struck a 2006 Acura, driven by Daniel Chung, 42, of Orange, Conn.
Both vehicles were destroyed in the crash.
Route 7A in Arlington was the scene of two crashes during the afternoon hours. In an area known as "Death Valley," Sgt. Brian Turner assisted the Bennington County Sheriff's Department in investigating a single-vehicle crash involving an elderly male, who police did not identify, losing control, crossing the northbound lane and traveling a short distance down an embankment.
Less than an hour later, Turner investigated a second crash in the same area.
When Tina Secoy, 42, of North Bennington, driving a 1994 Saturn, attempted to pass a 2008 Subaru Forester driven by Karen Derr, 46, of Arlington, Secoy lost control of her car and struck Derr's sports utility vehicle, sending both off the road. The crash caused minimal damage to both vehicles, according to police.
Secoy was issued a ticket for traveling too fast for road conditions.
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