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26 Oct

Woodstock Police Provide Accident Information

Posted October 26, 2011 by Julia Carlisle in Vermont.

Woodstock Police Chief Robbie Blish issued a press release to media this morning concerning the October 1st fatal accident on the Recreation Center Bridge involving local teacher and community activist Hasse Halley:

Here is the text of the release:

The Woodstock Police Department is identifying the driver of the vehicle involved in the fatal pedestrian crash that occurred in the Village of Woodstock on October 1, 2011 as Richmond Maxham (71yoa) of Bridgewater, VT.

The crash remains under investigation and upon completiion of the investigation it will be referred to the Windsor County’s State’s Attorney for review.

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5 responses to this post.

  1. molly mcdermott's avatar

    Posted by molly mcdermott on October 26, 2011 at 16:37

    It has taken over three weeks from this accident before the
    name of the driver was released.

    Also, why has there been no official statement on the accident,
    i.e. giving the basic details, speed of the car, and exact
    time of the accident to the public?

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  2. Russell Pejouhy's avatar

    Posted by Russell Pejouhy on October 27, 2011 at 07:07

    Why the long delay in releasing this information?

    Reply from WEB: As you will see in other media reports, police say they didn’t want to release the name until their investigation was complete — not that we have that report yet. It is being forwarded to Windsor County State’s Attorney.

    Note that in the case of the recent Sharon fatal accident basic info was released immediately with names of all parties involved and then the investigation was, of course, thoroughly conducted.

    -WEB

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  3. Russell Pejouhy's avatar

    Posted by Russell Pejouhy on October 27, 2011 at 09:16

    I read the front page article this morning in the Valley News. It seems the the bottom line why the information was not released earlier was, “It slipped my mind…” Chief Robbie Blish

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  4. Russell Pejouhy's avatar

    Posted by Russell Pejouhy on October 27, 2011 at 09:30

    Welcome to Mayberry!

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  5. Lois Frost Taylor's avatar

    Posted by Lois Frost Taylor on October 28, 2011 at 23:04

    Have any of you thought how this person and his family feel? Sometimes things happen so quickly that it is just an accident!!!! Maybe “Mayberry” is good……..

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