An on-duty Shelburne police officer driving a cruiser fatally struck a cyclist in an early Monday morning crash in South Burlington, according to Vermont State Police.
The names of the officer and the cyclist “will be released as the investigation continues,” state police said in a Monday afternoon press release.
The crash took place at around 2:45 a.m., according to the release.
The Shelburne officer was driving a Ford Explorer SUV cruiser south on Route 7, also known as Shelburne Road, in the area of Fayette Drive in South Burlington.
“The cruiser struck a southbound cyclist pulling a trailer,” the release stated. “The cyclist, a man, was pronounced deceased on scene. It was raining and dark, and the road was wet at the time of the crash.”
The officer was not injured in the crash, according to the release.
South Burlington police initially responded to the crash to lead the investigation and requested assistance at around 3 a.m. from the Vermont State Police Crash Reconstruction Team, which responded to the scene, according to the release.
Around midday Monday, the release added, the South Burlington Police Department asked the state police to take over as the lead law enforcement agency in the investigation.
The crash reconstruction team and a detective from the state police’s criminal division are expected to investigate the crash, according to the release.
Calls to the South Burlington and Shelburne police departments were not immediately returned on Monday.
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