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Man charged with DUI in ATV rollover fatality

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by Joseph Gresser

NEWPORT — According to the affidavit filed by Vermont State Trooper Logan Miller, a woman phoned 911 around 10:20 p.m. on June 25, and said Randy Lemieux, 27, of Lowell, had come home covered with blood.  According to the caller, Mr. Lemieux said he crashed his side-by-side, and Maddison Hayden, 22, of Woodbury, who was with him, got thrown out and wasn’t breathing.

Trooper Miller said Newport Ambulance got to the accident before he did and pronounced Ms. Hayden dead.

When he reached the site of the crash, Trooper Miller said he saw a Polaris RZR on its side in the middle of the road, with a large pool of blood next to it and drag marks leading over to the woods where Ms. Hayden was lying.  Trooper Miller said he followed the Polaris’ tracks and saw they were coming from the south on Newton Road.  He said he saw that the side-by-side went off the road at a corner within a few feet of some trees, and then it immediately went off the other side of the road.

The affidavit says the tire tracks showed when the side-by-side skidded around the corner, it ….

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