Former Colebrook Coach Buddy Trask Recovering After Emergency Surgery Following Hit-and-Run

Former Colebrook boys basketball coach Buddy Trask underwent emergency surgery to repair a severed aortic artery after he was struck by a cube truck in a hit-and-run crash Monday, according to a community update shared late Wednesday by Littleton Chevrolet with the Trask family’s permission. The surgery was successful, and the post said there have been no major setbacks with the repair. Trask, 71, sustained extensive injuries and faces additional surgeries in the coming days and weeks.