DUMMERSTON, Vt. — Multiple people were injured in a series of crashes caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 91 in Dummerston, Vermont State Police said.
Police received a report of a southbound vehicle in the northbound lane at about 5:40 p.m. Sunday.
A state trooper encountered the wrong-way driver and was sideswiped by the pickup truck.
The trooper turned around to pursue the vehicle.
A short time later, the pickup truck collided head-on with a northbound van, causing the van to strike a third vehicle. Two other vehicles went off the road while taking evasive action.
The driver of the wrong-way vehicle and three occupants of the van were taken to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.
The fourth occupant of the van was flown to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where the patient was reported to be in stable condition.
MONTPELIER — Vermont’s top law enforcement officer said Monday a two-year investigation into allegations of murder at a long-closed Burlington orphanage found no evidence of such crimes and the criminal investigation is over.
In releasing the report, Attorney General T.J. Donovan said Monday it is clear that children suffered while staying at St. Joseph’s Orphanage, which closed in 1974, and the Vermont law enforcement community failed to protect those children.
“It is clear clear that abuse did occur at St. Joseph’s Orphanage and that many children suffered,” Donovan said during an online news conference. “As I said, that when we have been prevented from conducting an investigation as a result of the statute of limitations, the harm incurred by many of the residents still resonates today.”
He said that if additional information is found the criminal investigation could resume.
When it opened in the mid-1850s the orphanage was operated by Canadian religious order and then until its closure by Vermont Catholic Charities, a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington.
BOSTON — Massachusetts’ transit agency has approved service cuts to the Boston-area’s public transportation system.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal Management and Control Board voted to approve the cuts Monday by a 3-2 vote. The service reductions were proposed in the wake of plummeting ridership as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The cuts will eliminate weekend commuter rail services on seven lines, suspend 20 bus routes, and reduce ferry services and bus frequency,
It would also reduce subway service by 20% on the Green, Red, and Orange lines and by up to 5% on the Blue Line, which has shown higher ridership levels during the pandemic than other lines.
— Associated Press