BRIDGEWATER, NY : Hartford man dead after Route 4 crash on Tuesday, November 29th, 2016

A 62-year-old Hartford man was killed in a three-vehicle collision on an icy road on Tuesday morning, according to police.

The man’s name had not yet been released on Tuesday evening.

The crash, which was reported around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, shut down Route 4 in Bridgewater, near the intersection with Pearson Road, for several hours.

In a press release, police said Susan Cadwell Brown, 56, of Bridgewater, was driving a Ford 500 west on Route 4 in Bridgewater. As the car entered a curve, Brown lost control of the vehicle. It crossed the center line into the eastbound lane where Cecil Madison, 53, of Herkimer, New York, was driving a tractor-trailer truck.

Madison attempted to swerve the 2013 Freightliner truck left to avoid the 500 and crossed the center line into the westbound lane.

The truck struck, head-on, a 2015 Ford F-350 being driven west by the Hartford man.

Police said the Hartford man, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Brown and Madison, also wearing seat belts, suffered minor injuries. They were checked by medical staff members from the responding ambulance service and released at the scene.

Police said there was freezing rain falling at the time of the crash and the road surface was partially covered in ice.

The Vermont State Police sent out a press release around 2:20 p.m. to say Route 4 had been reopened.

In addition to troopers from the Vermont State Police barracks in Royalton, members of the Windsor County Sheriff’s Department and the Vermont Division of Motor Vehicles responded to the crash.

Police said the crash remains under investigation.

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Hartford man dead after Route 4 crash