Vehicle fire closes Rt. 100

July 16, 2022  |  By Waterbury Roundabout 

Waterbury Fire Department crew members at the scene of the vehicle fire on Friday. Courtesy photo

No one was injured in a crash that resulted in a vehicle fire early Friday evening, closing Vermont Route 100 in Waterbury Center for two hours.  

The incident happened just before 6 p.m. near East Wind Drive. According to Vermont State Police, Thomas Martin, 36 of Barre, was driving a UPS box truck southbound when it lost its brakes. 

The truck struck the rear end of a Toyota Tacoma in front of it driven by Philippe Ducas, 67 of Waterbury, police said, causing extensive damage. 

After the crash, the UPS truck caught on fire and it came to rest off Rt. 100. “The operator of the UPS truck steered it onto East Wind Drive after impact,” Trooper Tylor Rancourt explained. 

Waterbury Fire Department responded and Rt. 100 was closed in both directions for about two hours while the fire was extinguished and the scene cleared. 

Both drivers were wearing seatbelts at the time and neither was injured, police said.