Correction: State police initially reported that Parry Lake was a girl, but have since confirmed that the child was a boy.
Vermont State Police have identified the man killed when his SUV crashed into a fuel tanker truck on Interstate 91 in Vermont on Saturday morning, and now say his 4-month-old son has also died as a result of injuries suffered in the crash.
WATCH ANYTIME FOR FREE
 |
Stream NBC10 Boston news for free, 24/7, wherever you are. |
State police said the crash occurred at 9:43 a.m. in Rockingham. The initial investigation showed that a passenger vehicle, a Hyundai Ioniq, with four people inside rear-ended a Peterbilt fuel tanker truck.
The driver of the SUV, 39-year-old Taylor Binnington, of North Haven, Connecticut, died at the scene. His 4-month-old son, Parry Lake, was in the rear of the SUV and was taken by medical helicopter to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, where he later died of his injuries.
Get updates on what's happening in Boston to your inbox. Sign up for our News Headlines newsletter.
Binnington's wife, 36-year-old Evelyn Lake, was also seated in the back of the SUV, as was their 3-year-old son, who were both taken to Dartmouth-Hitchcock with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the tanker truck was not injured.
State police said road conditions were slick due to a snow squall at the time of the crash — more than 10 vehicles were involved in total. Several other minor unrelated crashes and slide-offs occurred in the same area around the same time, but no one was injured.
Chester police, who assisted state police at the crash scene, said there were between 30-40 vehicles involved in collisions, rollovers and crashes. And there were between 100-150 vehicles stopped on the interstate behind them, unable to move.
The northbound lanes of I-91 were closed for a time following the crash.
The investigation is ongoing, according to state police, who found the Hyundai couldn't stop because of the icy conditions.
