Treat Williams’ daughter wrote a heartbreaking message after her father passed away in a collision involving a motorcycle and an SUV, saying, “This is pain I have never felt… I am completely shattered. ”.
His daughter said she was “absolutely shattered” by his passing following the collision between his motorcycle and an SUV. According to police, the SUV’s driver was not intoxicated.
Ellie Williams, 25, shared a bereavement post on Instagram with a picture of her father from years ago and a close-up of the name tag on a bomber jacket bearing his name.
Ryan Koss, the driver of the horrifying collision, was not drunk, according to Vermont State Police investigators, who made this discovery.
Ellie, the actor’s lone child who was nominated for a Golden Globe with his wife Pam and age 71, described her “deep sadness” over his passing.
She wrote, “This is a pain I have never known. “I’m completely worn out. We are grateful to everyone who sent us greetings and kept our family in mind during this terrible heartbreak. ”.
As the police continue to look into what happened, the Vermont State Police provided an update to the media on Tuesday.
Lieutenant Steven Coote told the Boston Globe that authorities have not formally identified the crash’s cause.
Koss, 35, from Pownal in the southwest corner of Vermont, was screened, and police ‘determined there wasn’t any evidence of impairment,’ he continued. ’.
Aside from being “checked by medical personnel at the scene for minor injuries,” the driver of the 2008 Honda Element didn’t need to be hospitalized.
Coote continued, “Tools and technology have been utilized” by the detectives in the investigation, including a drone fly and “old-fashioned crash investigation stuff” like on-scene photos.
Though he was unable to give reporters an “exact timeframe” for when the investigation is anticipated to be finished, he did say that he hoped to “have some more answers soon.”. ”.
According to a police report, Williams would not have been able to avoid the collision.
Following the fatal collision, Koss’ car sustained significant front-end damage to the passenger side, while William’s 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle suffered “front-end damage.”.
The Everwood actor was hit by Koss’ car while riding his $3,500 bike in the northbound lane of Route 30 in the Morse Hill Road neighborhood of Dorset, southwest Vermont.
Williams was wearing a helmet at the time, and paramedics treated him there before he was taken by air to Albany Medical Center in New York, where he was later pronounced dead.
According to information gathered by the Vermont Agency of Transportation, there have only been five incidents on that stretch of road in the past 12 years, with three resulting in injuries but only Williams being pronounced dead.
Reconstructing what happened before the collision is still being done by the Vermont State Police Crash Reconstruction Team.
Williams, who is best known for his roles in Everwood and Hair, spent his weekend mowing the lawn at his $1 million Vermont home just hours before the tragedy.
He had two daughters, Gille and Ellie, with the actress Pam Van Sant, with whom he was married. He frequently displayed for his followers the ideal country life on social media.
After graduating from Franklin and Marshall College, Treat Williams started his professional acting career in his 20s. Rowayton, Connecticut, was the place of his 1951 birth.
Williams’ breakthrough performance in the 1975 thriller Deadly Hero catapulted him to fame. Additionally, he appeared in The Ritz and The Eagle Has Landed from 1976.
In the 1979 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Hair, he played George Berger.
He was nominated for New Star of the Year at the Golden Globes for the first time because of this role, and two years later he received a second nomination for his performance in Prince of The City.
Additionally, he appeared in the television series Everwood as Dr. Andrew Brown, for which he was nominated for two SAG Awards.
Call the Vermont State Police Shaftsbury Barracks at 802-442-5421 if you saw the collision or have information about it. You can also submit an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
