Westminster Barracks / MV Crash involving Pedestrian

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

NEWS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

CASE#:  25B1003021                        

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Andrew Kelly-Jacobs

STATION: Westminster Barracks             

CONTACT#: 802-722-4600

DATE/TIME:  04/30/2025 at approximately 2146 hours

STREET: US Route 5

TOWN: Dummerston near the Brattleboro town line

VEHICLE #1

OPERATOR: Alexis M. Folk

AGE:  33    

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Springfield, MA

VEHICLE YEAR: 2018

VEHICLE MAKE: Jeep

VEHICLE MODEL: Renegade

PEDESTRIAN #1:  Terry Parson Jr.

AGE:  42    

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Putney, VT

INJURIES: Non-life threatening

HOSPITAL: BMH

SUMMARY OF CRASH: On 04/30/2025 at approximately 2146 hours, Vermont State Police responded to a single car motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on US Route 5 in the Town of Dummerston, VT (Windham County).  The operator of the vehicle was identified as Alexis M. Folk of Springfield, MA.  The pedestrian was identified to be Terry Parson Jr. of Putney, VT.  Investigation revealed Parson Jr. had been an occupant in a motor vehicle stop conducted by Brattleboro Police Department near the Brattleboro/Dummerston town line.  Parson Jr. had been released from the scene of the stop and left on foot but returned a short time later.  Parson Jr. crossed US Route 5, at which time he was struck by the vehicle operated by Folk.  Parson Jr. was transported to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.  A news release issued by Brattleboro Police Department is attached.