A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after his off-road vehicle rolled over, killing his 22-year-old passenger in Lowell, Vermont, Thursday night.<\/p>\n
State Police say they responded alongside the Lowell Fire Department to a report of serious injuries after a single vehicle crash on Newton Road near Cheney Road around 10:23 p.m. and found a damaged 2021 Polaris RZR side by side overturned in the roadway.<\/p>\n
The UTV driver, Randy Lemieux II, was evaluated by Newport Ambulance Service and reported no injuries, police said. His passenger, identified as Maddison Hayden, was pronounced dead on scene.<\/p>\n
Lemeiux, of Lowell, was wearing a seatbelt, according to police. Hayden, of Woodbury, was not.<\/p>\n
Responding troopers noticed signs of impairment while interacting with Lemeiux, however, and he was screened and taken into custody for suspicion of driving under the influence. <\/p>\n
Lemeiux was set to appear in Orleans Criminal Court on Friday afternoon on a charge of DUI with death resulting. Arraignment and attorney information weren’t immediately available.<\/p>\n
An investigation into the crash is ongoing, however police say speed is believed to be a factor. Anyone who may have witnessed this crash or have any information is urged to contact the Vermont State Police at 802-334-8881, or leave a tip at vsp.vermont.gov\/tipsubmit<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: News \u2013 Boston \u2013 necn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after his off-road vehicle rolled over, killing his 22-year-old passenger in Lowell, Vermont, Thursday night.<\/p>\n State Police say they responded alongside the Lowell Fire Department to a report\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15184843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15184841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boston"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser.jpg",1200,675,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-620x349.jpg",620,349,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-940x529.jpg",940,529,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser.jpg",1200,675,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser.jpg",1200,675,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-998x665.jpg",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-670x446.jpg",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser.jpg",1200,675,false],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-510x510.jpg",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15184841-vermont-state-police-cruiser-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"Boston<\/a>","tag_info":"Boston","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15184841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15184841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15184841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15184842,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15184841\/revisions\/15184842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15184843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15184841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15184841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15184841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}