One injured in I-89 crash near Exit 13 in Sullivan County

Emergency crews responded to a motor-vehicle crash on Interstate 89 near Exit 13 that, according to public dispatch audio summarized by an incident-monitoring service, left one person injured and “required emergency medical care.” The dispatch summary places the crash on the evening of Feb. 23, 2026, and identifies the location as I‑89 southbound near Exit 13 in Grantham.

Local traffic reporting provides a different account of the same corridor. WCAX posted that a crash on Interstate 89 near Exit 13 caused traffic delays in South Burlington on a Wednesday morning and that a car “ended up partially blocking the northbound lanes.” WCAX’s coverage noted that authorities had provided no immediate details on cause or injuries at the time of its report.

The two accounts conflict on three core points: direction of travel, municipal jurisdiction, and time of day. The incident-monitoring service’s dispatch summary specifies southbound I‑89 in Grantham on the evening of Feb. 23, 2026, while WCAX places the incident on northbound I‑89 in South Burlington on an unspecified Wednesday morning. Both accounts reference Exit 13 on I‑89 but assign different towns and different time windows to the event.

Key facts remain unverified by an official crash report. The identity of the responding law-enforcement agency—whether New Hampshire State Police, Vermont State Police, Grantham Police, or South Burlington Police—has not been confirmed in the sources. The number and types of vehicles involved, the cause of the collision, whether the injured person was transported and to which hospital, and the duration of any lane closures are not present in the available dispatch summary or the WCAX excerpt.

Institutional records and traffic systems hold the information needed to reconcile the discrepancies. State police incident reports, Grantham town records, South Burlington police logs, I‑89 traffic-camera footage and New Hampshire or Vermont Department of Transportation incident logs can establish the precise mile marker, direction of travel, responding agencies and timestamps. EMS run sheets and hospital intake logs would confirm whether the person noted in dispatch audio received treatment or was transported.

The incident also appeared alongside other Burlington-area traffic items in WCAX’s roundup, which included a Shelburne Road closure for a water main break near Laurel Hill Drive and Goodwill. WCAX’s page metadata notes only that there were “no immediate details from authorities” about the crash at the time the traffic alert was posted.

Until a named agency publishes an official crash report, the dispatch summary’s allegation that one person required emergency medical care should be treated as a lead that requires confirmation. State and local agencies’ incident reports and DOT traffic logs will be necessary to reconcile the Grantham versus South Burlington location discrepancy and to provide definitive details on injuries and traffic impacts.