The police examine a fatal crash of Route 7 with school bus | Local news

Pownal-Bermont State Police examined a school accident with two vehicles on Tuesday morning, in which the driver of the other vehicle was dead.

Corporal Travis Hess said in a report that the 60 -year -old Dana Zazinski from Pownal was driving a Toyota Rav4 North 2018 shortly after 7 a.m.

At that time there was no students on the bus, a 2025 Ford E-350, reported Hess.

The crash occurred in light rain near a retreat on the side of the road about a mile north of the intersection with the Burrington Road and the Oak Hill School Road.

Hess said Zazinski was declared dead at the crime scene, and Galok was transported to the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center for treatment by Pownal Rescue Squad.

Both drivers wore seat belts at the time of the crash.

Hess reported that testimony and evidence on the road surface were found [the bus] In the lane towards the south. “

He said the SUV was stopped on the grassy shoulder next to the travel trail to the north, and the bus stopped in the southern lane of Route 7.

During the fall examination, the section of Route 7 was closed for traffic before it was reopened shortly after 1 p.m.

The traffic was redirected to Burrington Road in both directions [a section of Old Route 7] Around the crash site.

Anyone who has information about the accident is asked to contact Hess in the VSP Shaftsbury barracks 802-442-5421.

The state police were supported by staff from the department for motor vehicles in Vermont. Sheriff department of the Bennington County; Fire brigade from Pownal, fire brigade from Pownal Valley and Pownal Rescue Squad.