PITTSFORD, Vt. (WCAX) - One person died and another was injured in a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer on U.S. Route 7 early Friday morning.

The crash occurred at approximately 5:13 a.m. near the intersection with Giddings Lane in Pittsford, according to Vermont State Police.

Police said the driver of a tractor-trailer, identified as Paul Ricard, 64 of Castleton, was traveling northbound on Route 7 when the trailer became detached and stopped in the roadway facing northbound. The driver stopped and exited the vehicle to attempt to reconnect the detached trailer.

A second vehicle, operated by Christopher Cyr, 54, of Rutland, was traveling northbound on Route 7 and collided with the back of the detached trailer, police said.

Ricard was transported to Rutland Regional Medical

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