Police: 1 Dead, 1 Injured in South Hero Crash

Police say the victim died instantly and that his wife was seriously injured when their car crossed the center line and crashed Friday afternoon

Police said a man was killed when a car crashed into a farm truck parked in the breakdown lane of Route 2 in South Hero, Vermont. 

Police said Brian Shepard, 54, of Grand Isle, died instantly and that his wife, Jane Gauthier, 53, was seriously injured when their car crossed the center line at 2:44 p.m. Friday and crashed into the truck.

Police said Gauthier was treated at the University of Vermont Medical Center. The driver of the farm truck, Stephen Hardy, 51, of Albans, was not seriously hurt.

Investigators said speed and or alcohol have not been ruled out as factors in the crash.

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