WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) – The Latest on the wrong-way crash that killed five high school students in Vermont (all times local):
11:15 a.m.
The employer of a man accused of driving the wrong way on a Vermont interstate, crashing into car and killing five high school students says it is as shocked and saddened as everyone in the area.
Lake Champlain Chocolates wouldn’t comment specifically about Steven Bourgoin, who worked as a warehouse associate. State police say after hitting the students’ car, Bourgoin then stole a police cruiser and crashed into seven more cars. He’s hospitalized in critical condition.
Allyson Myers, Lake Champlain Chocolate’s director of sales and marketing says the company’s thoughts and prayers are with everyone, including the victims and families, and that everyone has been affected by the “heart wrenching loss.”