Traffic snarls for hours after tractor-trailer tips over on Rt. 100

October 12, 2023 | By Mike Donoghue 

No one was seriously injured when a tractor-trailer overturned exiting Interstate 89 in Waterbury on Thursday. Photo by Lisa Scagliotti

Traffic was disrupted in Waterbury for several hours Thursday when a fully loaded commercial vehicle hauling trash overturned coming off Interstate 89 at Exit 10. 

Bobby Limlaw, 51, of Lowell was hauling for Perras Brothers of Morrisville when the 1998 Freightliner tractor-trailer overturned as he attempted to turn left from the southbound offramp onto Vermont Route 100 at about 1:45 p.m., according to the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles. Waterbury Ambulance transported him to the hospital for minor injuries, the DMV said. 

The rig’s load spills onto the shoulder and over the guardrail along Vermont Route 100. Photo by Mike Donoghue

Trash was picked up and guardrail repairs made on Friday. Photo by Mike Donoghue

The section of Vermont Route 100 northbound between the roundabout and the I-89 northbound offramp was closed to traffic while a variety of personnel worked at the scene of the toppled rig. Exit 10’s southbound offramp also was shut down for several hours to allow for the removal of the rig and cleaning up the trash spill, according to the DMV. Vermont State Police and Waterbury Fire Department assisted at the scene.

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Personnel from the Vermont Agency of Transportation, the Department of Motor Vehicles, Vermont State Police and heavy equipment operators respond to the scene as southbound traffic backs up. Photo by Lisa Scagliotti

During the incident, traffic was rerouted to U.S. 2 from the interstate at Richmond and motorists in town turned to Main and Stowe streets to avoid the closed section of Rt. 100. Just north of the crash site, additional congestion slowed traffic further from about 5:30 p.m. when a southbound tour bus got hung up attempting to turn onto Blush Hill Road.

By 7 p.m., the I-89 interchange and Rt. 100 were fully cleared from both incidents and traffic was back to normal.  

Anyone with information about the tractor-trailer crash is asked to call the DMV Enforcement Division at 802-828-2078.

Waterbury Roundabout reporter Lisa Scagliotti contributed to this report.