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PLAINFIELD — Vermont State Police are investigating a car-motorcycle crash that killed one of two people on the motorbike.
Police say the accident occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Monday, when a car driven by 20-year-old Kristen Fenoff of St. Johnsbury struck the back end of a motorcycle that had stopped to turn left into a rest area on U.S. Route 2.
Both of the people on the bike, Peter and Deborah Benoit of Northfield, were thrown from the Harley Davidson motorcycle. Police say 51-year-old Peter Benoit later died of his injuries at Central Vermont Hospital, while Deborah Benoit suffered minor injuries.
Fenoff’s car was damaged, but neither she nor her passengers were hurt.