BARTON — An 85-year-old woman from St. Johnsbury died from injuries after a single-vehicle crash in Barton on Saturday.
Police responded to the intersection of US Route 5 and Kinsey Road at around 4:00 p.m.
The driver, identified as Isabelle Handy, 80, of St. Johnsbury, and the passenger in the vehicle, Marion Handy, both sustained significant injuries and were transported to North Country Hospital by EMS.
Police say the vehicle had left the roadway at a sharp curve and crashed over an embankment.
Marion Handy was life-lighted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Tragically, in the early morning hours, police say Handy succumbed to her injuries from the crash and was pronounced deceased.
