ADDISON COUNTY — A 25-year-old Bridport man was killed in a holiday car crash in his hometown.

Vermont State Police report that Tyler A. Brouillard was killed in a crash on Lake Street sometime on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Troopers were unclear of the time of the crash. Officers, along with the Bridport Fire Department and Town Line First Response, went to the site of the crash near 3284 Lake St. at around 10:45 a.m. on Dec. 25. Police report that Brouillard was driving a 2013 Dodge Dart northbound on Lake Street when apparently the right side of the car went onto the shoulder, he overcorrected and the car crossed the centerline and careened off the west side of the road and started to roll.

Brouillard was ejected from the car and sustained fatal injuries.

Police cordoned off the road while the Crash Reconstruction and Drone teams surveyed the scene. Troopers are still investigating and ask that anyone with information on the crash call them at the New Haven state police barracks at 802-388-4919.

In another vehicle crash on Christmas Eve, an Essex Junction octogenarian got a cut on his hand and a traffic ticket.

On Dec. 24 just after 5 p.m., state police responded to a report of a one-car crash on Route 7 south of Stage Road in North Ferrisburgh. Police report that Arthur Loeffler, 82, of Essex Junction was driving a 2013 Ford Escape southbound on Route 7 when he fell asleep, left the west side of the road and struck an unoccupied parked truck. 

Middlebury Regional EMS staff treated Loeffler for a hand laceration. Police issued him a traffic ticket for driving off the highway, which carries a $220 fine and two points on insurance.

The car was considered a total loss. Police did not report the condition of the truck that Loeffler’s car struck.