WOODSTOCK — Police are investigating a fatal collision involving a pedestrian Sunday evening on Route 106 in Woodstock.
Officers responded at about 5:26 p.m. to a report of a single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian, according to a news release from the Woodstock Police Department. Investigators determined that a 2010 Subaru Forester traveling south struck a pedestrian who was crossing the road.
The pedestrian, identified as Janet Spencer, 62, of Hartland, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The driver, Hank Ryan Rodrigues, 38, of Windsor, was not injured. No charges have been announced.
The circumstances of the crash were not immediately clear. Interim Woodstock Police Chief Christopher O’Keeffe could not be reached for comment by deadline on Monday.
The Vermont State Police Crash Reconstruction Team, Woodstock Fire & Rescue Department and the Windsor County Sheriff’s Department participated in the emergency response.
The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Woodstock Police Department at 802-457-1420.
This is the second instance in less than a week of a pedestrian being seriously injured by a motor vehicle in the Upper Valley.
A 52-year-old Oregon man was struck by a vehicle on the Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge last Thursday. Michael Iwanchuk was visiting the Upper Valley to see his daughter, who is living in Windsor. He was hospitalized and in a coma as of Friday, his wife said.
The fatal crash in Woodstock is the second Hartland resident to meet a tragic end following a crash in Woodstock in the past month. Benjamin Johnsen, a 19-year-old college student, was found dead along the Ottauquechee River after his car hit a tree on Route 4 late last month.