Rt.100, somewhere between West Dover and Podunk, somewhere between 2:30 and 3:00 AM Sunday morning; a body lies in the road. The body is male. If you could get a good look at him you might notice that he’s probably in his early twenties. At this point though, we have no idea whether this body in the road is actually breathing or not. Unfortunately, we’ll never have time to speculate about this since around the bend in the road, headlights can be seen.
The driver of the first police cruiser guided his vehicle towards the curve ahead of him, his fellow officer running a few car lengths behind in the second cruiser. It’s the wee hours of the morning, the road about as deserted as it usually is this time of the night, the trooper enters the curve. What was on his mind at the time is unknown but whatever it was must have been suddenly obliterated by what was seen on the other side of the curve and the double jolt as the cruiser wheels rolled over the what had appeared to be a man’s body lying in the road.
The driver of the first cruiser grabbed the mic on his radio and attempted to contact his partner in the second car but it was way past too late too quickly as the second cruiser had already run over the same obstacle. If the body that lay across Vermont’s Rt. 100 in Windham county hadn’t been dead before, there certainly was know question about it now.
And now it’s Monday and the autopsy of that man in the road will take place and what would you think has to be determined first? You guessed it. What was it that actually killed the man in the road? Was he dead before the two police cruisers ran him over or was he simply unconscious for whatever reason and if not, if the man was dead before the first cruiser entered the curve–what had killed him?
"At this point we are leaving all avenues open. We do not know what caused Mr. Peterson to be in the roadway at this point in time. That’s why we are asking for the public’s assistance. Anyone who happened to be driving Route 100 in Dover from the time period between 2:30 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. are asked to contact Vermont State Police at the Rockingham barracks," said Vt. State Police Capt. Ed Ledo.
Source: Police Run Over Man (WCAX-Vermont’s Own)
A more detailed article can be found at the Times Argus Online
Tragic? Absolutely it’s tragic. But what was he doing lying in the middle of Rt. 100 at that time of the morning? A result of partying all night of course comes to mind but there could be a dozen other reasons as well. I’ll have to keep my eye on the evening news to see what happens.
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December 10th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
People are WAY too quick to jump to conclusions and pass judgements. It happens that I live up here, in a tiny little valley where we value the lives of our neighbors . . . whether they be a young guy who just got out of work and somehow ended up tragically dead, or the poor unfortunate cops who will suffer for life because of this event. SOmetimes, a tragedy is just that . . . and there’s no one to blame. Placing blame might make it comprehensible, but it’s simply cruel. This boy was a PERSON, as are the officers who discovered him so tragically. My heart goes out to ALL the victims of this tragedy.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
I absolutely agree with you Bob but investigate they will I’m afraid. Hopefully the conjectures will be minimal.