MONTEPLIER, Vt. (WCAX) – A Vermont State Trooper injured in an I-89 crash in March is being treated for severe traumatic brain injury.
Corporal Eric Vitali, a 19-year VSP veteran, was on his way to a first-aid training in Waterbury the morning of March 8 when he crashed into the back of a Bethel Volunteer Fire Department tanker truck that was responding to another crash just north of the Bethel exit.
Vitali was airlifted to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in critical condition. He was the only person injured in the incident.
The Vermont Troopers’ Association — on behalf of Vitali’s family — says he has been moved to a rehab facility where he’s undergoing extensive cognitive and physical therapy.
It’s still unclear what caused Vitali to crash into the tanker. VSP officials have declined to comment, referring questions on the matter to the DMV, which has also not responded.