It was around midnight on the 8th of October, 2016 when a number of drivers swerved to miss a man driving the wrong way on the I-89 highway in Vermont. Emergency dispatchers received phone call after phone call about a vehicle speeding north in a southbound lane. They desperately scrambled to try and locate the vehicle but soon, reports of a crash came flooding in.
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Audio Sources
“Steven Bourgoin found guilty on all charges connected to I-89 fatal crash”
“Steven Bourgoin sentenced 30 years”
“Steven Bourgoin Trial Day 1 Part 1”
“Steven Bourgoin Trial Prosecution Opening Statement”
“Steven Bourgoin Trial Defense Opening Statement”
“Testimony begins in trial of Steven Bourgoin”
“Steven Bourgoin Trial Day 5 Part 1”
“Steven Bourgoin Trial Day 1 Part 3”
“Driver Steals Police Cruiser After Killing Five Teens With His Car: Cops”
Sources
Associated Press News Service, 9 October, 2016 – “5 Teens Killed in Crash Were High School Juniors”
Associated Press News Service, 10 October, 2016 – “Authorities Say Man Prime Suspect in Teen Deaths”
Associated Press News Service, 10 October, 2016 – “Prosecutor Doesn’t Think Crashes Were Accidental”
Seven Days, 10 October, 2016 – “Five Teenagers Killed in Crash Remembered at Vigil”
VTDigger, 10 October, 2016 – “Wrong Way Driver Faces Murder Probe”
Associated Press News Service, 11 October, 2016 – “Students Create Memorial for Students Killed in Crash”
VTDigger, 11 October, 2016 – “Driver Had Sought Medical Help Before I-89 Wrong Way Crash”
Associated Press State Wire, 13 October, 2016 – “Man Charged with Murder in Traffic Crash that Killed 5 Teens”
Rutland Herald, 13 October, 2016 – “Fatal Crash Suspect was RHS Star”
Associated Press State Wire, 14 October, 2016 – “Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murder”
VTDigger, 16 October, 2016 – “Bourgoin Case Raises Questions About Mental Health Screening”
Seven Days, 17 October, 2016 – “Howard Center Had No Contact With Accused Wrong Way Driver”
VTDigger, 18 October, 2016 – “Friend Says Bourgoin Had Childhood Trauma, Complained of Lyme Disease”
Associated Press State Wire, 22 October, 2016 – “Celebration of Life Planned for Teens Killed in Crash”
The Times Argus, 25 October, 2015 – “Memories of 5 Lost Teens Shared”
Associated Press State Wire, 28 October, 2016 – “Police Reconstruction Experts at Wrong-Way Crash Site”
Associated Press State Wire, 3 November, 2016 – “Wrong-Way Driver Could Have Been Under Influence”
The Caledonian-Record, 4 November, 2016 – “Lab Report Shows Drugs in System”
VTDigger, 15 November, 2016 – “I-89 Wrong Way Driver to Undergo Competency Evaluation”
Associated Press State Wire, 8 May, 2017 – “Suspect in Wrong-Way Crash Appears in Court About Visitation”
The Times Argus, 20 May, 2017 – “Bourgoin Granted Phone Contact”
VTDigger, 6 October, 2017 – “At Harwood: Out of Something Sad, We’ve Made Something Beautiful”
Seven Days, 6 December, 2017 – “Two Notorious Crashes Fuel Marijuana Legalization Debate”
Associated Press State Wire, 30 April, 2018 – Suspect in Interstate Crash That Killed 5 Wants Trial Moved”
Associated Press State Wire, 30 July, 2018 – “Trial of Man Charged in Fatal Wrong Way Crash”
Associated Press State Wire, 6 May, 2019 – “Driver in Wrong Way Crash that Killed 5 Was Insane”
VTDigger, 6 May, 2019 – “Two Views of Bourgoin”
Valley News, 8 May, 2019 – “Police: Scene Looked Like a Bomb Went Off”
VTDigger, 9 May, 2019 – “Prosecution Rests in Bourgoin Murder Case”
VTDigger, 9 May, 2019 – “Trooper Testifies He Saw No Skid Marks”
VTDigger, 10 May, 2019 – “Bourgoin’s Ex-Girlfriend Tells Jury of Past Violence”
Bennington Banner, 11 May, 2019 – “Defense Begins in Wrong-Way Crash Trial”
Associated Press State Wire, 14 May, 2019 – “Psychiatrist Says Suspect Insane in Deadly Wrong Way Crash”
VTDigger, 14 May, 2019 – “Defence Expert Says Bourgoin Was Insane at the Time of Crash”
VTDigger, 15 May, 2019 – “Prosecution Aims to Puncture Insanity Defence in Day 7 of Bourgoin Trial”
VTDigger, 16 May, 2019 – “Prosecutors Point to Bourgoin’s Financial Woes to Combat Insanity Defence”
VTDigger, 16 May, 2019 – “Former Prosecution Expert Tells Jury Bourgoing Was Insane”
VTDigger, 18 May, 2019 – “Battle of Experts Over Bourgoin’s Mental State”
Associated Press State Wire, 22 May, 2019 – “Vermont Man Guilty of Murder”
Associated Press State Wire, 26 August, 2019 – “Wrong-Way Driver Gets 30 Years to Life for Killing 5 Teens”
Valley News, 26 August, 2019 – “Man Who Killed 5 Teens in I-89 Wrong Way Crash in Vt. Gets 30 Years to Life”
