Vergennes Rep. Greg Clark Struck and Killed by Car

State Rep. Greg Clark, a Republican who had represented Vergennes in the Statehouse since 2002, was killed in a car accident on Route 7 in Waltham this morning. He was 65.

The Addison County Independent reports that Clark was scraping ice off his car’s windshield when he was struck by a passing car. More from the Addy Indy:

“It is shocking,” said Rep. Diane Lanpher, D-Vergennes, who had been Clark’s colleague in the two-seat Addison-3 Vermont House district for the past four years.

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“Oh my God, he was such a nice man,” she said.

Indeed, Clark was known as a gregarious, conscientious man both at the Statehouse and in the halls of Mount Abe, where he built a solid rapport with other lawmakers and his students.

“When he stood up on the House floor, he would make a comment that was not only germane to the issue, but that also made everyone laugh,” said Lanpher of her colleague. Clark and Lanpher easily won re-election to new two-year terms earlier this month.