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This story was originally published on Newport Dispatch and republished here with permission
By Daniel Duric
A two-vehicle crash on Pleasant Street Monday afternoon led to significant damage, an injury, and a traffic violation, according to Newport Police. The incident, which occurred at approximately 3:41 p.m., was also captured on surveillance footage later posted on Facebook, shedding light on the moments leading up to the collision.
Emergency responders, including the Newport Police Department, Newport Ambulance, and Newport Fire, arrived to find two vehicles stopped in the travel portion of the road. Traffic was being redirected as authorities worked to assess the situation. Both vehicles sustained heavy damage and were towed from the scene.
Police reported that the crash occurred when one vehicle, traveling east on Pleasant Street, attempted to turn left in front of an oncoming vehicle traveling west. The westbound vehicle was unable to avoid the collision.
The impact caused undisclosed injuries to a passenger in the eastbound vehicle, who was transported to North Country Hospital for treatment. The driver of the eastbound vehicle was subsequently issued a traffic violation for failure to yield when turning left.
The security footage shared on social media has garnered attention from residents, offering a visual account of the crash. Authorities have not confirmed whether the video will be used as part of the investigation.
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Videos like this, even if a sudden vehicular crash, can be a bit shocking when the viewer sees it for the first time. But nothing compares to the disturbing video that WCAX showed on its newscast this morning. I had to write to the WCAX newsroom just now to express my disgust.
“It was sad to see another homicide in Montpelier. Even more disturbing is the graphic video of the young man gunned down on a porch in Rutland shown on your newscast this morning. It was very disturbing to see the actual shooting via a porch cam of the young man walking up the porch steps, knocking on the door, verbalizing, and then hearing two very loud gunshots, and witnessing his reeling and doubling over onto the porch and writhing as he lay dying [n this horrific murder scene.. Even though you gave a brief warning about possible ‘disturbing images’ I was shocked that WCAX gave us an actual murder complete with gunshots and the victim reeling and left dying on the porch. I feel for any family who had children viewing this disturbing event. It left a lasting sickening feeling for me, even at this very moment as I write…I am just thinking what effects it had upon any viewer, especially youngsters whose yet developing minds are still trying to process real life events.”
Such graphic content should never be allowed to be shown without at least some public condemnation of such a sickening disgusting video newscast.
Like you, I find the video unsettling. However, the majority of Vermonters must find it a tolerable, cultural norm, as they refuse to elect an Attorney General and State’s Attorneys committed to ending the drug war carnage.
Oh, if the video keeps you awake, use the time to pray for the 200+ Vermont mothers that buried a child this past year. Victims that are just a s dead and killed by the exact, same element. But hell, you didn’t have watch the life extinguished from those souls. So they really don’t count, huh?
was that smoking woman preggers ??