SUBJECT: Commercial Motor Vehicle Crash

DATE/TIME OF INCIDENT: 03/30/25 at 6:34 p.m.

INCIDENT NUMBER: 25MV003562

TYPE OF EVENT(S): Tractor trailer crash

LOCATION OF EVENT(S): Interstate 91 in St. Johnsbury

INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR(S): Sergeant Jacobs

SUMMARY: 

On the date and time above, DMV Enforcement and Safety Inspector Jacobs responded to I-91 in St. Johnsbury for a commercial vehicle rollover. When he arrived at the scene, the tractor trailer, owned by Transport Dercy Inc., was overturned in the median of the interstate. The driver, Francis Thouin, 42, of St. George, Quebec, was not injured in the crash. Thouin stated that while he was traveling north on I-91, a vehicle merged onto the interstate from U.S. Route 2 and entered his lane of travel. Thouin said that he applied his brakes and steered to the left to avoid a collision with the vehicle. Thouin left the roadway, and his vehicle overturned and came to its final position of uncontrolled rest in the median. Thouin was unable to provide a description of the other vehicle involved, and no other witnesses were at the scene. 

DMV was assisted at the scene by Vermont State Police and B&B Towing. The tractor trailer sustained disabling damages and was towed from the scene. Anyone who witnessed the crash or has information about the crash is asked to contact DMV Enforcement and Safety at 802-828-2078.

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