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When someone is injured in an accident in Burlington or Plattsburgh, it is important to gather information about what happens next.

Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and injury claims here.

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Accident reports by county

Addison County, VT - 5
Caledonia County, VT - 6
Chittenden County, VT - 18
Clinton County, NY - 3
Essex County, NY - 8
Franklin County, NY - 12
Franklin County, VT - 8
Grafton County, NH - 23
Grand Isle County, VT - 2
Lamoille County, VT - 4
Orange County, VT - 4
Orleans County, VT - 5
Rutland County, VT - 8
Sullivan County, NH - 12
Washington County, VT - 8
Windsor County, VT - 10

Most recent accident reports

Philip Brown, 23, dies in motorcycle crash in Barton, Vermont

Police say they Brown driving 90 mph in a 35 mph speed zone in Barton on Saturday night. They followed the motorcycle onto Route 5 until they lost him.
Date: 
Monday, September 8, 2014
City: 
Barton, VT
Type: Motorcycle Accident
Topics: 
High-Speed Chase

Man in 60's dies after having medical emergency while driving truck and crashing near Saranac Lake, NY

Although the man crashed into a stone wall, he was pronounced dead at Adirondack Medical Center.
Date: 
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
City: 
Saranac Lake, NY
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Medical, Elderly Drivers, Property Damage

Zachary Paroline, 14, killed in accident with Cady Boule, 17, while getting the mail on Route 14 in East Randolph, Vermont

14-year-old Zachary Paroline of East Randolph died Tuesday after a pedestrian crash outside of his home off of Route 14. Paroline had gotten out of a vehicle pulled up next to his family's mailbox off of Route 14 to get the mail.
Date: 
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Roadway: 
Route 14
City: 
Randolph, VT
Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Children/Minors Involved

4 injured in head-on collision on Kirby Road near South Burlington, VT

The extent of the injuries is still unknown, though at least one person was reported to have serious injuries.
Date: 
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Roadway: 
Kirby Road
City: 
South Burlington, VT
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Head-on

Robert Eastman, 70, killed in vintage tractor accident on Jug Brook Road in Cabot, Vermont

70-year-old Robert Eastman was found pinned underneath his 1950s-era International Harvester tractor on his property.
Date: 
Friday, August 29, 2014
Roadway: 
Jug Brook Road
City: 
Cabot, VT
Type: Other Type of Accident

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

Freeh was a federal judge in New York ahead of serving as FBI director from 1993 to 2001.
Date: 
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
City: 
Barnard, VT
Type: Car Accident

Andrew J. Langlois, 25, dies in bicycle accident on trail in Vermont

Langlois was found unresponsive on a bike path in Waterbury. There were not witnesses to the crash. He was wearing a helmet. Langlois was taken to a hospital in Burlington with head and neck injuries where he later died.
Date: 
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
City: 
Waterbury, VT
Type: Bicycle Accident

Fred Kafka, 63, Kathleen Kafka, 24, and Reed Phillips, 25, killed in plane crash near North Elba, New York

Authorities have identified the three victims in a single-engine plane crash in the Adirondacks as a West Virginia man, his 24-year-old daughter and a 25-year-old Michigan man.
Date: 
Friday, July 18, 2014
City: 
North Elba, NY
Type: Aircraft Accident

Chelssy Mercier, 14, killed and many injured in bus crash in Essex County, New York on July 18.

One person has been killed and 55 others taken to local hospitals following a commercial bus crash in Essex County, New York.

Date: 
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Roadway: 
I-87
City: 
North Hudson, NY
Type: Bus Accident

Tobia Secone, 90, killed and Margaret Secone, 81, injured in crash with tractor trailer on Route 74 on July 15.

Ticonderoga police have identified the elderly driver who died in an accident Tuesday in Essex County.

90 year old Tobia Secone of Ticonderoga was killed in an accident on Route 74 and Harris Point Way in Ticonderoga.

Date: 
Monday, July 14, 2014
Roadway: 
Route 74
City: 
Ticonderoga, NY
Type: Truck Accident

Joseph Rebello, 55, killed and Richard Braga, 57, injured in motorcycle accident on Route 14 on June 29.

A retired Massachusetts police chief is dead and another is in critical condition after they were struck by a car while riding their motorcycles in Woodbury, Vermont.

Date: 
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Roadway: 
Route 14
City: 
Woodbury, VT
Type: Motorcycle Accident

Pilot suffers minor injuries, after he parachutes from his disabled aircraft, before it crashes on I-89 near Highgate.

A pilot parachuted out of a small plane before it crashed on Interstate 89 in Vermont on Friday afternoon.
Date: 
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Roadway: 
Interstate 89
Type: Aircraft Accident

Scotlynn Silfies, 19, killed, Seth Smith, 20, injured, transported to hospital, after their vehicle leaves the Route 131 roadway in Weathersfield, and overturns.

Police say a 19-year-old New Hampshire woman has died in a single-vehicle crash in Vermont. Scotlynn Silfies of Claremont was a passenger in a vehicle that left Route 131 in Weathersfield and overturned on Sunday night.
Date: 
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Roadway: 
Route 131
Type: Car Accident

Kevin Bailey, injured after crashing his snowmobile into a tree on the Northern Rail Trial in Enfield, New Hampshire

State Fish & Game officials said a Lebanon man was injured in a snowmobile accident, and subsequently arrested and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated.
Date: 
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Roadway: 
Northern Rail Trail
City: 
Enfield, NH
Type: Other Type of Accident
Topics: 
DWI - DUI - Alcohol or Drug Use, Snowmobile

Austin White, 22, a senior at State University of New York at Brockport, killed, after crashing into a tree while snowboarding off a trail, at the Whiteface Mountain ski resort near Lake Placid.

Authorities say a 22-year-old college student from Livingston County has died in a snowboarding accident at an Adirondack ski area.

Date: 
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Roadway: 
Whiteface Mountain
City: 
Lake Placid, NY
Type: Other Type of Accident