A five-car crash in Burlington tied up a major road during rush hour and sent a passenger in the hospital. At around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to the crash scene on Colchester Avenue near Thibault Parkway.Watch this storyThe driver of a white Subaru Forester later identified in a police news release as Jessie L. Germain, 34, of Richmond, Vermont, was heading westbound on Colchester Avenue when she struck the three cars ahead of her with enough force to cause a chain reaction, hitting a fourth parked car.Investigators believe Germain never applied her brakes. She passed a breathalyzer test and officers do not believe drugs or alcohol played a role in the incident.Further investigation found Germain was under civil suspension to drive in the state of Vermont.Cellphone video from WPTZ's Abby Issacs captured shortly after the crash showed four of the five vehicles being towed away due to damage.Burlington police Lt. Paul Glynn was at the scene to explain."The passenger in the Subaru suffered head injuries from striking the windshield. The driver of the first vehicle which was hit -- the pickup truck -- suffered a knee and leg injury," he said.That passenger and another person in a different car were taken to UVM Medical Center with minor injuries.Germain was arrested on charges of negligent driving, as well as attempting to leave the scene and resisting arrest. She was also issued several parking tickets.Germain was being held at the Chittenden County Correctional Facility on $5,000 bail.Colchester Avenue reopened just before 6 p.m. Wednesday.

A five-car crash in Burlington tied up a major road during rush hour and sent a passenger in the hospital.

At around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to the crash scene on Colchester Avenue near Thibault Parkway.


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The driver of a white Subaru Forester later identified in a police news release as Jessie L. Germain, 34, of Richmond, Vermont, was heading westbound on Colchester Avenue when she struck the three cars ahead of her with enough force to cause a chain reaction, hitting a fourth parked car.

Investigators believe Germain never applied her brakes. She passed a breathalyzer test and officers do not believe drugs or alcohol played a role in the incident.

Further investigation found Germain was under civil suspension to drive in the state of Vermont.

Cellphone video from WPTZ's Abby Issacs captured shortly after the crash showed four of the five vehicles being towed away due to damage.

Burlington police Lt. Paul Glynn was at the scene to explain.

"The passenger in the Subaru suffered head injuries from striking the windshield. The driver of the first vehicle which was hit -- the pickup truck -- suffered a knee and leg injury," he said.

That passenger and another person in a different car were taken to UVM Medical Center with minor injuries.

Germain was arrested on charges of negligent driving, as well as attempting to leave the scene and resisting arrest. She was also issued several parking tickets.

Germain was being held at the Chittenden County Correctional Facility on $5,000 bail.

Colchester Avenue reopened just before 6 p.m. Wednesday.