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VERMONT STATE POLICE

CASE#: 23A2001626

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Jordan Peterson, Detective Trooper Benjamin Weed

STATION: VSP St. Albans / VSP BCI Troop A West

CONTACT#: 802-524-5993

DATE/TIME: 2:17 p.m. Monday, March 27, 2023

INCIDENT LOCATION: Lake Champlain in the vicinity of Church Road and Hance Road, Swanton, VT

INCIDENT: Ice rescue / Death investigation

VICTIM: Donald P. Jonesy Jones

AGE: 82

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Richmond, VT

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

The victim in this incident is identified as Donald P. Jonesy Jones, 82, of Richmond. He died Monday evening at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans. His body will be transported to the Chief Medical Examiners Office in Burlington for an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death.

Per standard protocol, the death is being investigated by a detective trooper with the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations. The death is not considered suspicious.

VSP will provide updates as the investigation continues.

***Initial news release, 4:50 p.m. Monday, March 27, 2023***

The Vermont State Police is investigating after a man on an ATV fell through the ice Monday afternoon, March 27, 2023, on Lake Champlain in Swanton.

Emergency crews responded to a call at 2:17 p.m. for a report of a man through the ice several hundred feet offshore in the vicinity of the intersection of Church and Hance roads. Rescuers including the Swanton Village Fire Department located the victim, an 82-year-old man from Richmond, and brought him to shore about 30 minutes after the initial call. Lifesaving measures were undertaken, and the victim was transported by ambulance to Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans with life-threatening injuries. His condition is currently unknown.

The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of relatives.

Responding agencies included the Vermont State Police, the Swanton Village Fire Department, Missisquoi Valley Rescue, and the Swanton Police Department.

No further information is available at this time. The state police will provide updates as the investigation continues.

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