Update: Williston Barracks / Motor Vehicle Crash

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

 

CASE#:  25A1002487

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Brennan McGowan

STATION: Williston                                        

CONTACT#:  802-878-7111

 

DATE/TIME: 04/11/25    1824 Hours

STREET: Interstate 89 southbound

TOWN: South Burlington

LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: MM 89.2

WEATHER: Cloudy       

ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry

 

VEHICLE #1

OPERATOR: Jamie Faas

AGE: 50   

SEAT BELT? Y

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Colchester, VT

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2020

VEHICLE MAKE: Honda

VEHICLE MODEL: Ridgeline

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Totaled

INJURIES: Serious

HOSPITAL:  UVMMC

 

 

VEHICLE #2

OPERATOR: Gregory Shover

AGE: 56   

SEAT BELT? Y

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Shelburne, VT

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2015

VEHICLE MAKE: Chevrolet  

VEHICLE MODEL: Silverado

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #2: Totaled

INJURIES: Non-life-threatening

HOSPITAL:  UVMMC

 

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH:

The Vermont State Police is continuing to investigate a two-vehicle crash that occurred at about 6:24 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2025, on Interstate 89 southbound in South Burlington. Investigation to this point has ruled out impairment as the cause of the head-on crash, which seriously injured both operators.

 

The crash occurred when operator No. 1, Jamie Faas, 50, of Colchester, crossed from his northbound direction of travel through the median and into the southbound lanes, colliding with the vehicle driven by Gregory Shover, 56, of Shelburne. Investigation has determined Faas was driving at about 70 mph when he crossed the median. Shover was traveling in the left-hand lane immediately prior to Exit 14 at about 50 mph when he was struck. The speed limit in the area is 55 mph.

 

After the collision both vehicles spun into the southbound breakdown lane, where nurses and doctors commuting to UVM stopped and assisted until emergency personnel arrived on scene. The Vermont State Police was assisted by the South Burlington Fire Department and South Burlington EMS.

 

Both operators remain hospitalized at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington for treatment of injuries they received in the crash. Faas’s injuries are still life threatening.

 

***Initial news release, 12:40 a.m. Saturday, April 12, 2025***

On the above listed date and time, the Vermont State Police, South Burlington Fire Department and South Burlington EMS, responded to the area of I 89 NB MM89.2, South Burlington, VT, for a report of a two-vehicle crash.  The investigation is open pending further investigation. 

 

 

Trooper Brennan McGowan

Williston Barracks

(802) 878-7111

3294 St George Rd

Williston, VT 05495