Bicyclist from Texas collapses on Route 4, dies

KILLINGTON—On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 at 10 a.m. Rutland State Police and Killington Rescue responded to a report of an unconscious man who had suffered a medical emergency while riding his bike on Route 4 in the town of Killington. Thomas Hagemann, 59, of Houston, Texas, was riding his bike with friends when he collapsed just east of River Road. Route 4 was temporarily closed to allow the landing of a Dartmouth-Hitchcock medical helicopter which transported the patient to the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. The victim later succumbed, police reported.