If you lost a couple of boulders on I-91 the other day. The VT State police has them and you can pick them up. Also, they have a few questions.
Tracey Haddock loves her car. In fact, it's the first car she bought brand new. It looks sharp from the driver's side, but take a walk around the other side of the vehicle and it's a different story.
On Oct. 4, Haddock struck a boulder in the southbound lane of Interstate 91 on her way to work. An early morning wake-up call between Fairlee and Thetford that Haddock says she could not avoid.
"All of a sudden I saw the rock and I was just like ahhh, what is this? And I swerved and I hit it, and the airbag went off and I somehow got to the side of the road," Haddock said.
She snapped a photo of the boulder. And while crews removed it and her car using heavy machinery, Haddock wondered where the rock came from.
"This had to have fallen, in my opinion, off a flatbed truck. Even a dump truck, I don't see how it could bounce out that high unless is was that overloaded," she said.
And this highway mishap happened again. The second boulder versus car incident happened on the Ompompanoosic Bridge over the weekend, about 8 miles south. But the similarities of the two events are striking.
"They were roughly 8 miles apart. Both occurred early in the morning," Vt. State Trooper Chuck Schulze said.
The huge rocks were also both in the southbound lanes and they both were not near any cliffs which could have given way. Two different vehicles struck the rocks, suffering heavy front-end damage. At this time, police do not know definitively if the incidents are connected, but are hoping the public can shine some light on the mystery.
"Anybody who noticed anything in the early morning hours; any truck out there, anything suspicious, you know if they just give us a call," Schulze said.
Haddock's car is totaled. Luckily, she was not hurt and neither were the other drivers. But Haddock says it could have been much worse and she wants to know who or what is responsible.
"They are negligent for either hooking down their load right or taking the chance of hurting somebody. And if they didn't know and they heard about it, then I think they should come forward and say that they were hauling and that they didn't realize that a rock had fallen," Haddock said.
A rocky mystery on the interstate that drivers hope will be solved quickly, putting the case in the rearview mirror.
Police did not say if the boulder mystery could lead to criminal charges. It would likely start out as a traffic violation, like a citation for not having a secure load.
On Oct. 4, Haddock struck a boulder in the southbound lane of Interstate 91 on her way to work. An early morning wake-up call between Fairlee and Thetford that Haddock says she could not avoid.
"All of a sudden I saw the rock and I was just like ahhh, what is this? And I swerved and I hit it, and the airbag went off and I somehow got to the side of the road," Haddock said.
She snapped a photo of the boulder. And while crews removed it and her car using heavy machinery, Haddock wondered where the rock came from.
"This had to have fallen, in my opinion, off a flatbed truck. Even a dump truck, I don't see how it could bounce out that high unless is was that overloaded," she said.
And this highway mishap happened again. The second boulder versus car incident happened on the Ompompanoosic Bridge over the weekend, about 8 miles south. But the similarities of the two events are striking.
"They were roughly 8 miles apart. Both occurred early in the morning," Vt. State Trooper Chuck Schulze said.
The huge rocks were also both in the southbound lanes and they both were not near any cliffs which could have given way. Two different vehicles struck the rocks, suffering heavy front-end damage. At this time, police do not know definitively if the incidents are connected, but are hoping the public can shine some light on the mystery.
"Anybody who noticed anything in the early morning hours; any truck out there, anything suspicious, you know if they just give us a call," Schulze said.
Haddock's car is totaled. Luckily, she was not hurt and neither were the other drivers. But Haddock says it could have been much worse and she wants to know who or what is responsible.
"They are negligent for either hooking down their load right or taking the chance of hurting somebody. And if they didn't know and they heard about it, then I think they should come forward and say that they were hauling and that they didn't realize that a rock had fallen," Haddock said.
A rocky mystery on the interstate that drivers hope will be solved quickly, putting the case in the rearview mirror.
Police did not say if the boulder mystery could lead to criminal charges. It would likely start out as a traffic violation, like a citation for not having a secure load.
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