The driver of a car involved in a crash that killed four carnival workers headed to an Addison County fair in August was substantially impaired by THC — the active ingredient in marijuana, according to Vermont State Police.
A blood test on Steven Holmes, 21, of Chatsworth, Georgia, showed he had more than 50 nanograms of THC in his system when the Volkswagen carrying three coworkers crashed head-on into a truck on Route 22A in Bridport. The collision occurred at about 12:40 p.m. on Aug 7.
Holmes was one of four people killed in the crash.
It is illegal in Vermont for any amount of Delta-9 THC (cannabis) to be in a driver’s system. Under Vermont law, drivers are presumed to be under the influence with any measurable amount of drugs in their systems.
In Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal, the law considers drivers impaired by marijuana when they have 5 or more nanograms of THC in their blood, Trooper Eden Neary said in his report on the Vermont crash. “Using this measurement, the state of Colorado would consider him 10 times the legal limit of a person under the influence of THC,” Neary wrote of Holmes.