Assistant Attorney General Danielle Horgan released few details about the incident on Thursday, but said an autopsy showed there could be a “drug aspect” to the case. She declined to elaborate on that statement.
The man’s name, age and hometown have been withheld pending an ongoing investigation into his death.
The man was found in a vehicle outside of the police station on Main Street, Horgan said.
She declined to say whether the man was dead when police arrived or whether he was in police custody at the time of his death.
Crews are working to remove and replace rail tracks, ties and other material, and the rail crossing is expected to remain closed through Sunday. The work is connected to a 16-mile resurfacing project along Route 5 from Bradford, Vt., into Ryegate, which is expected to be completed next month.
Motorists from New Hampshire still will be able to travel across the Newbury Crossing Bridge to get to a Vermont Fish and Wildlife boat launch on the west side of the Connecticut River. But motorists wanting to otherwise travel between the two states are advised to use bridges between Bradford and Piermont or Wells River and Woodsville this weekend.
First responders, towns, healthcare facilities and public health networks will participate in the exercise, which began on Friday and continues today. It will be led from Concord.
The exercise will focus on the ability of emergency medical services to identify, triage, and decontaminate patients safely; the ability of hospitals to receive and decontaminate patients and to activate and receive chemical medical countermeasures; and the state’s ability to expedite the movement of chemical medical countermeasures where they are needed to save lives.
The state health department’s Emergency Services Unit Director Rick Cricenti said the exercise has been planned for a year and involves the entire state.
The New Hampshire Lottery says Jeffrey Osborn won a $1 million prize from the July 30 drawing. Osborn bought his ticket at a Cumberland Farms in Littleton, N.H. He will take home $750,000 after taxes are withdrawn.
Osborn said that while the win does not seem real yet, he and his wife are looking forward to paying bills, investing and sharing this good fortune with their children. Osborn was among 14 people in 10 states who won $1 million for matching the first five numbers.
For that same drawing, a winning $487 million Powerball ticket was sold at Hannaford Supermarket in Raymond. As of Friday, no winner had come forth.
The first meeting was scheduled for Friday in Montpelier.
Legislation passed this year called for the group to look at ways to improve citizen participation in matters before the Public Service Board, which regulates power and other utilities.
The move comes after critics of Vermont’s siting process for wind and solar power projects have complained that many citizens feel shut out of a process that they see as dominated by lawyers.
The five-member group appears to be a bit late getting started. The law called for its first meeting to be on or before July 1.
— Staff and wire reports