STATE OF VERMONT

 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

 

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

 

 

CASE#: 21A501501                              

 

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME:  Trooper Jeff Ferrier

 

STATION: Derby                                  

 

CONTACT#: 802-334-8881

 

 

DATE/TIME: 5/12/21      1410 Hours

 

STREET:  Chilafoux Road

 

TOWN:  Charleston

 

LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: Gay Hill Road 

 

WEATHER: Cloudy

 

ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry

 

 

VEHICLE #1 

 

OPERATOR # 1: Frank Amatruda

 

AGE: 77   

 

SEAT BELT?  N

 

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:  Charleston, VT

 

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2013

 

VEHICLE MAKE: Chevrolet

 

VEHICLE MODEL: Truck

 

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Total

 

INJURIES: Fatal

 

HOSPITAL: North Country

 

 

 

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH: 

 

 

            On the above listed date and time, The Vermont State Police, Orleans County Sheriff's Department, Charleston Fire Department and Newport Emergency Services, responded for a report of a single vehicle crash at the intersection of Chilafoux Road and Gay Hill Road in the Town of Charleston, VT.  The investigation revealed Vehicle #1 left the roadway when traveling north on Chilafoux Road just after the intersection of Gay Hill Road and overturned off the traveled portion of the roadway.  EMS transported Operator #1 to North Country Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.  The investigation is ongoing.