10-03-2025
CT man, 4-month-old son killed in crash in Vermont involving fuel tanker during snow squall
A Connecticut man and his 4-month-old son were killed in a crash in Vermont over the weekend when the vehicle they were in rear-ended a tanker truck that was stopped behind several vehicles that had crashed or slid off the road during a snow squall.
The crash occurred Saturday shortly after 9:45 a.m. on the northbound side of Interstate 91 in Rockingham near mile marker 33, according to Vermont State Police.
State police said it was snowy at the time, leading to poor visibility and icy roads. Several drivers were involved in minor crashes or slid off the road as conditions deteriorated.
The driver of a fuel tanker, a 40-year-old New Hampshire man, spotted the crashes and stopped behind them, according to state police. Taylor Binnington, 39, of North Haven approached the area in a 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5 and was unable to stop in the icy conditions, rear-ending the tanker truck, state police said. The front end of the Hyundai sustained heavy damage.
Binnington was pronounced dead at the scene, according to state police. His 4-month-old son, Parry Lake, who was in the rear of the vehicle, was airlifted to the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire where he later died of his injuries, state police said.
The boy's mother, a 36-year-old North Haven woman, and the couple's 3-year-old son were also in the backseat. State police said they were taken by ambulance to the same hospital and were treated for injuries not considered life-threatening.
The driver of the tanker was not injured.
The other vehicles that slid off the road or crashed were towed or able to be driven away, state police said.
