1 killed, 2 injured in Route 4 crash
MENDON, Vt. (WCAX) - Police are investigating a head-on crash in Mendon Monday night that left one person dead and two others hospitalized.
It happened around 6:40 p.m. on Route 4. Police say Thomas Savransky, 23, of Maryland, crossed the centerline and hit a pickup truck head-on. Savransky died at the Rutland Regional Medical Center.
A passenger in Savransky’s SUV, Tiger Chen, 26, of New York City, was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The driver of the pickup, Tyler Whille, 33, of Killington, was sent to the UVM Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
Troopers are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to contact them.
Fatal Crash on US Rt 4 in Mendon, VT:
— VT State Police Traffic Safety (@VSP_Traffic) January 12, 2021
The incredible force in last night's fatal crash was tragic. Two vehicles collided head-on after the driver of the SUV crossed the center-line. That person did not survive while the 2nd operator had critical injury. Cause being investigated. pic.twitter.com/HVbAWnPJ3t
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