A vehicle was in flames when a Williston officer arrived at the scene. WILLISTON, Vt. — A man driving the wrong way on an interstate highway in Vermont spawned several crashes that left five people dead, an unknown number injured and at least two vehicles in flames, including a stolen police cruiser, state police said Sunday. Minutes later in the same area, a man stole a police cruiser and struck seven vehicles, injuring several people while driving the wrong way. It was unclear if the same person was responsible for all of the crashes. The driver, identified by police as 36-year-old Steven Bourgoin, was thrown from the cruiser, which also burst into flames. Police say dispatchers began receiving reports just before midnight that a vehicle was traveling north in the south lane of the interstate. They say the first car struck burst into flames. Authorities say none of the injuries caused by the police cruiser appeared to be life-threatening. ___

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Vermont State Police say five people have been killed after a wrong-way driver caused several crashes on Interstate 89 in Williston. When a Richmond police officer tried to stop it, the driver turned the cruiser around and began heading north in a southbound lane, back toward the crash scene, police said.
A man driving the wrong way on Interstate 89 in Williston, Vermont, kills five people, all local high school juniors.