HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE#: 12HF01696
OFFICER: Eric Jollymore
CONTACT#: 295-9425
DATE/TIME: 05-23-12/1820
LOCATION (specific): Bugbee Street
VEHICLE #1 OPERATOR: Jake Hodgdon AGE: 18 SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: White River Jct., Vermont
DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE: 2003 Pontiac Vibe
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE: Totalled
VEHICLE #2 OPERATOR: Edwin Welch AGE: 56 SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: White River Jct., VT
DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE: 2002 International School Bus
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE: Minor rear end damage
INJURIES: Minor
HOSPITAL: No transport
WEATHER: Clear/warm
ROAD COND: Dry pavement
SUMMARY OF CRASH: Welch was operating an empty First Student school bus while travelling east on Bugbee Street. The bus was stopped awaiting to turn left to enter I91 North. Hodgdon was travelling east behind the bus.
Hodgdon was operating the vehicle while being electronically distracted and slammed into the rear of the bus at speed.
Members of the Hartford Fire Department advised that had Hodgdon not been wearing a seat belt, he probably would have been killed.
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 