Louis Freeh, 64, suffered serious injuries in car crash in Barnard, Vermont.

Modified Date: 
Thu, 09/25/2014 - 7:46pm
Accident Date: 
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Former FBI director Freeh injured in car crash

Former FBI director Louis Freeh suffered serious injuries in a single-automobile crash in Vermont, authorities stated.

Former FBI Director Louis Freeh hospitalized after car accident

A U.S. law enforcement official told CNN that Freeh was undergoing surgery for unspecified injuries.

Former FBI director injured in crash in Barnard

Vermont state police are investigating a single car crash involving a former director of the FBI.

Former FBI Director hospitalized after car accident

The state police said Freeh was wearing his seat belt when the GMC Yukon he was driving went off the road near Barnard, struck a mailbox and ran over some bushes.

Louis Freeh, Ex-Head of F.B.I., Hurt in Vermont Car Crash

Louis J. Freeh, the director of the F.B.I. from 1993 to 2001, was hospitalized on Monday after sustaining significant injuries in a one-car accident in Vermont, according to law enforcement officials.

FBI ex-Director Freeh likely fell asleep before he crashed car, police say

Police said Wednesday that Freeh doesn't remember why he crashed in Barnard on Aug. 25. Police said his lack of memory, the circumstances of the crash and lack of mechanical problem means Freeh likely fell asleep.

Police report on Freeh car crash cites poor rest

Freeh said in an interview with troopers referred to in the Uniform Crash Report filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles he had no recollection of the crash on Aug. 25 at 12:16 p.m. or even of leaving his Barnard home before it.
Freeh was a federal judge in New York ahead of serving as FBI director from 1993 to 2001. State police stated Freeh was taken by helicopter to a New Hampshire hospital following the crash Monday in Barnard, a compact town about 90 miles northwest of Boston. In 2011, Penn State hired Freeh to examine the handling of youngster sex abuse complaints involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and to advocate alterations aimed at preventing abuse. His name was not on a list for which patient details was accessible, according to Dartmouth Hitchcock Healthcare Center.
Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Louis Freeh

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