Northfield 21-year-old died in I-89 crash
The Vermont State Police has continued to investigate a wrong-way multi-vehicle crash that occurred Dec. 17, 2025, on Interstate 89 in Bolton and resulted in the death of one motorist.
State police determined that the wrong-way driver, 45-year-old Timothy Wooster of Jericho, had been traveling north in the southbound lanes for about 1.5 miles before colliding head-on with a southbound vehicle driven by 21-year-old Hailey Westcot of Northfield, who died at the scene.
As a result of VSP’s investigation, on Friday, Feb. 27 troopers issued Wooster a citation through his attorney for the following charges:
- Second-degree murder.
- Grossly negligent operation with death resulting.
- Aggravated assault — 12 counts.
- Reckless endangerment — 12 counts.
Wooster was ordered to appear for arraignment at 10:30 a.m. March 12, in the Criminal Division of Vermont Superior Court in Burlington.
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It’s a stretch to charge murder unless intent can be proven…but I suppose all that has changed now that there is a former Minneapolis police officer doing time for “murder” for using his knee to restrain a combative suspect in a manner shown to him in training videos…a suspect whom the county medical examiner reported had died from a bad heart and an overdose of drugs.