Brookfield Crash – Flatbed Wrecker Strikes Vehicle Driven by Elderly Albany Man

BROOKFIELD — A two-vehicle crash on February 28 on I-89 South in Brookfield totaled a car driven by an elderly Albany man. The 9:38 a.m. accident occurred as Vermont State Police troopers from the Berlin barracks and members of the Brookfield Fire Department were at the scene of an unrelated motor vehicle crash at this location. According to VSP, a flatbed wrecker operated by Tyson Wescot, 21, of Wilder, entered the area at reported highway speeds and failed to follow the direction of emergency personnel, who had their emergency lights activated in the right lane of I-89 South. The flatbed wrecker rear-ended a vehicle operated by Gerald Peters, 75, of Albany. Peters’ 2020 Subaru Outback then struck a parked Brookfield fire engine before resting in the median. All occupants were transported to the Central Vermont Medical Center for evaluation.