VSP: Truck gets stuck in Smugglers' Notch again

VERMONT STATE POLICE       

CASE#: 23A1004188

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Clay Knight                           

STATION: Williston Barracks                     

CONTACT#: 802-878-7111 

DATE/TIME: 07-04-2023 / 1424 hrs.

INCIDENT LOCATION: Smuggler's Notch, Cambridge, VT

VIOLATION: Trucks Prohibited in Smuggler's Notch 

Operator: Byambadorj Avirmed                                               

AGE: 63

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:  Harbor City, CA

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

On the above date and time, the Vermont State Police received multiple reports of a tractor trailer unit attempting to drive through Smugglers' Notch. Troopers located the tractor trailer and assisted with backing the truck and trailer out of the Notch. The operator of the vehicle was identified as Byambadorj Avirmed, who told Troopers that he observed all the posted signs but continued anyways. Avirmed was issued a ticket for operating in the Notch. This was the second truck to make its way into Smuggler’s Notch this year.