STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

 

CASE#: 22B2001054                                        

TROOPER: Ambrose Wigglesworth

STATION: Royalton                                             

CONTACT#: (802) 234-9933

 

DATE/TIME: 03/20/2022 0100hrs

STREET: Interstate 89 (Northbound)

TOWN: Sharon

INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: 9

WEATHER: Clear         

ROAD CONDITIONS: Wet

 

VEHICLE #1

OPERATOR: Raymond Popailo

AGE:  57

SEAT BELT? Yes

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Rutland,  Vermont

VEHICLE YEAR: 2012

VEHICLE MAKE: Honda

VEHICLE MODEL: Civic

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Totaled

INJURIES: Serious

HOSPITAL: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

  

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH:

On March 20^th, at approximately 0053 hours, Vermont State Police along with Hartford Fire Department, Sharon Fire Department, Hannover Ambulance, and White River Valley Ambulance responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover on Interstate 89 (Northbound) in Sharon. The vehicle left the roadway, traveled up a rock embankment, flipped, and landed off the roadway on its roof.  The operator and passenger (Joseph Tardif) were transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center with serious injuries. Anyone with any information regarding the crash is asked to contact the Vermont State Police.

 

 

Very respectfully,

 

Trooper Ambrose Wigglesworth

Troop “B” Royalton Barracks

2011 VT RT 107

Bethel, Vermont 05032

(802)585-8576

Ambrose.Wigglesworth@Vermont.gov