STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE#: 24B3003352
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Jared Lacoste
STATION: Shaftsbury Barracks
CONTACT#: 802-442-5421
DATE/TIME: 09/15/24 at approximately 1819 hours.
STREET: Sunderland Hill Rd
TOWN: Sunderland
LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: Bacon Hollow Rd
INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: N/A
WEATHER: Clear
ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry
VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: Eliza J. Hurd
AGE: 18
SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Arlington, VT
VEHICLE YEAR: 2013
VEHICLE MAKE: Volkswagen
VEHICLE MODEL: Jetta
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Totaled
INJURIES: Minor
HOSPITAL: N/A
VEHICLE #2
OPERATOR: Dan J. Mulroy
AGE: 55
SEAT BELT? Y
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Sunderland, VT
VEHICLE YEAR: 2013
VEHICLE MAKE: GMC
VEHICLE MODEL: Acadia
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #2: Totaled
INJURIES: Minor
HOSPITAL: N/A
SUMMARY OF CRASH:
On 09/15/24, at approximately 1819 hours, the Vermont State Police-Shaftsbury Barracks was asked to respond to the area of Sunderland Hill Rd and Bacon Hollow Rd in the Town of Sunderland, VT, for a report of a two-vehicle crash.
Troopers arrived on the scene and identified Operator #1 as 18-year-old Eliza Hurd from Arlington, VT. Hurd was operating vehicle #1 and traveling west on Bacon Hollow Rd. Operator #2 was identified as 55-year-old Dan Mulroy from Sunderland, VT. Mulroy was operating vehicle #2 and traveling north on Sunderland Hill Rd.
Operator #1 came to the stop sign at the end of Bacon Hollow Rd and attempted to make a left hand turn on Sunderland Hill Rd. While Operator #1 was turning onto Sunderland Hill Rd, Operator #2 came down the hill, traveling north. Operator #1 failed to yield to oncoming traffic, causing the vehicles to collide head-on.
Both vehicles sustained totaling damage and were towed by Paul's Towing.
Vermont State Police were assisted by the Arlington Fire Department, Arlington Rescue Squad, and Paul's Towing.
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LODGED - LOCATION: N/A
BAIL: N/A
MUG SHOT: N/A
COURT ACTION: N/A
COURT: N/A
COURT DATE/TIME: N/A
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