Treat Williams’ daughter has said she feels “absolutely devastated” by his death after his motorcycle hit an SUV – while police said the driver involved was not intoxicated.
Ellie Williams, 25, shared a sad message on Instagram alongside an old photo of her father and a close-up of his name on a bomber jacket.
It comes after Vermont State Police detectives confirmed that driver Ryan Koss was not intoxicated at the time of the horror crash.
Ellie, the only daughter of the 71-year-old Golden Globe-nominated actor and his wife Pam Van Sant, described her “terrible heartbreak” in the wake of his death.
She wrote, “This is a pain I have never felt. I am absolutely devastated. Thank you to everyone who has messaged and kept our family in your hearts during this terrible heartbreak.”
Treat Williams’ 25-year-old daughter Ellie has posted a sad message to Instagram in the wake of his death
According to a police report, Williams ‘couldn’t avoid’ a fatal collision that threw him off his motorcycle
Ellie Williams described her ‘heartbreak’ to her Instagram followers in the wake of her father’s death, thanking those who sent her messages of support
Williams also shared a close-up of her father’s name written in white on a blue bomber jacket
Meanwhile, the Vermont State Police issued an update to the press on Tuesday as police continue to investigate what happened.
Lieutenant Steven Coote said investigators have not yet made a “formal decision” on who is responsible for the crash. Boston sphere.
He added that Koss, 35, who is from Pownal in the southwest corner of Vermont, was being screened and that police were “determined there was no evidence of any impairment whatsoever.”
The 2008 Honda Element driver was also “monitored at the scene by medical personnel for minor injuries” and did not require hospital treatment.
Coote added that detectives have used “tools and technology,” including a drone flight, as well as “old-fashioned crash investigation stuff” like on-site photos in the investigation.
He told reporters he couldn’t give an “exact timeline” for when the investigation is likely to be completed, but hopes to have “more answers soon.”
Police previously said in a report that Williams could not have avoided the collision.
Reports from the Vermont State Police showed that the 71-year-old Williams (pictured with his wife) didn’t stand a chance when the 2008 Honda Element slashed the northbound lane of the V-30 against his bike
Koss’s car had extensive front passenger side damage, while William’s 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle (pictured) had ‘front damage’
Williams’ family said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Treat Williams passed away this evening in Dorset, Vermont following a fatal motorcycle accident.”
In a social media post just seven hours ago, Williams shared a photo of his land with the caption, “Mowing today. I wish I could bottle the fragrance’
The driver of the car, Ryan Koss, attempted to turn left onto Morse Hill Road into a parking lot and came to a stop as he indicated at approximately 4:53 p.m.
Treat Williams (center) plays Dr. Andrew Brown in Everwood – a neurosurgeon who breaks down after his wife’s death and moves from New York to Colorado
Treat Williams at Prince Of The City. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance
Williams played narcotics detective Ciello in the 1981 film Prince of the City
After the fatal crash, Koss’s car had extensive front passenger side damage, while William’s 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle had ‘front damage’.
The Everwood actor was riding his $3,500 motorcycle when he was hit by Koss’s vehicle as it cut across the northbound lane of Route 30 in the Morse Hill Road area of Dorset, southwestern Vermont.
Williams, who was wearing a helmet at the time, was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken by helicopter to Albany Medical Center in New York, where he was pronounced dead.
Data collected by the Vermont Agency of Transportation revealed that there have been only five incidents on that stretch of road in 12 years, three of which resulted in injuries, but only Williams was pronounced dead.
Members of the Vermont State Police Crash Reconstruction Team remain on scene to try to determine the lead-up to the accident.
Best known for his roles in Everwood and Hair, Williams was enjoying his weekend mowing the lawn at his million-dollar Vermont home just hours before the tragedy.
He was married to actress Pam Van Sant, and together they had two children, Gille and Ellie – and often shared his idyllic country life for his fans on social media.
Born in 1951 in Rowayton, Connecticut, Treat Williams began his professional acting career in his twenties after graduating from Franklin and Marshall College.
Williams received his second Golden Globe nomination for his role in Prince of The City
Williams played narcotics detective Ciello in the 1981 film Prince of the City
The Everwood actor was riding his $3,500 bicycle when he was hit by Koss’s vehicle as it cut across the northbound lane of Route 30 in the Morse Hill Road area of Dorset, southwestern Vermont.
Williams rose to fame after his debut role in the thriller Deadly Hero in 1975. He also appeared in The Ritz and 1976’s The Eagle Has Landed.
In 1979, he starred as George Berger in the movie Hair, which was based on the Broadway musical.
It was the role that earned him his first Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year – and two years later, he got his second nomination for his acting in Prince of The City.
He also played Dr. Andrew Brown in Everwood – and he received two SAG Award nominations for his work on the show.
In a social media post just seven hours ago, Williams shared a photo of his land with the caption, “Mowing today. I wish I could bottle the fragrance.”
And two hours before news of his death broke, he recorded mowing the ground and wrote, “What a real Vermonter does.”
Witnesses to the crash or people with information about the incident are asked to call Vermont State Police Shaftsbury Barracks at 802-442-5421 or leave an anonymous tip online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipubmit .