ADDISON COUNTY — The last few days of 2023 and start of 2024 were quiet days for the local officers of the Vermont State Police, though a two-car crash just outside Vergennes on New Year’s Eve netted an Addison woman a traffic ticket.

Troopers from the New Haven barracks of the state police responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 7 and New Haven Road in Ferrisburgh at a little after 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 31. Police report that Ellen Pratt, 67, of Addison was stopped while behind the wheel of a 2015 Toyota RAV4, facing east on New Haven Road at the intersection’s only stop sign. At the same time, a 2020 Toyota Prius driven by Scott Hudnor, 51, of Dallas, Texas, was southbound on Route 7 at a reasonable speed when the RAV4 entered the intersection without yielding the right of way. 

The front end of RAV4 struck the driver’s side of the Prius, and both vehicles came to positions of uncontrolled rest. No major injuries resulted from this crash, police reported. They called the Prius a total loss.

Police said they would issue a traffic ticket for failing to stop or yield at an intersection.

Troopers were assisted on scene by the Ferrisburgh Fire Department and Vergennes Area Rescue Squad.