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RUTLAND, Vt. Initial charges have been filed against the man responsible for killing a teenage Vermont police officer and injuring two others during a high-speed chase on Friday.Rutland City Police Officer Jessica Ebbighausen, 19, was killed on Friday afternoon. The crash happened as police chased a vehicle driven by Tate Rheaume, 20, a suspect in an attempted break-in at a house, state police said.Evidence indicates that Rheaume crossed the centerline and collided head-on with the Ebbighausen's cruiser, police said. The suspect's truck also hit another police cruiser.Ebbighausen was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other officers and Rheaume were.
The driver who crashed his truck nearly head-on into a Rutland City Police cruiser, killing a young officer on Friday afternoon, has been arrested on two felony charges as he
Tate Rheaume, 20, is to be arraigned Monday for the crash that killed Officer Jessica Ebbighausen, who joined the force part-time in May, and injured two other officers on Friday, Vermont State Police said.