A Bristol man died in a house fire Jan. 15.

At about 7:41 PM, the Bristol Fire Department received a 911 call about a residential structure fire on East Street. Arriving units found the structure to be fully involved with a man still inside. Due to the intensity of the fire, efforts to locate and remove the man were unsuccessful. 

The victim, later identified as Steven C. Leopold, 78, was located inside the home. His body will be transported to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy. 

Teen dies in crash on Burlington Beltline – At 5:30 PM Wednesday, January 15, a two-vehicle crash on Vermont Route 127 (the Beltline) occurred just south of the North Avenue interchange. 

Burlington Police say an Audi traveling southbound at an extremely high rate of speed crossed the median and struck a northbound Jeep. The operator of the Audi, Mark Omand, 18, of Essex Junction, was killed in the crash. 

The operator of the Jeep, Derek Lorrain, 45, of Burlington, had to be extricated from the vehicle by the Burlington Fire Department and was removed to the hospital.