STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE: 25B2006353
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Michael Robidoux
STATION: Royalton Barracks
CONTACT: 802-234-9933
DATE/TIME: 11/22/2025 at approximately 0703 hours
STREET: I 91 north mile marker 66.4
TOWN: Hartland, Vermont
WEATHER: Clear
ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry
VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: James Sseggwanyi
AGE: 44
SEAT BELT? UNK
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Chelmsford, Massachusetts
VEHICLE YEAR: 2020
VEHICLE MAKE: Isuzu
VEHICLE MODEL: FTR
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE: Totaled
INJURIES: Minor
HOSPITAL: None
SUMMARY OF CRASH:
On November 22, 2025, at approximately 0703 hours, Vermont State Police dispatch was advised of a box truck that had driven through the guardrails and off of a bridge into a river on I 91 N in the area of mile marker 66.4 in the Town of Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont. Investigation determined that James Sseggwanyi (age 44) of Chelmsford, MA was driving north on I 91 operating an Isuzu box truck when he lost control of the truck. Sseggwanyi then crashed through the left side guardrail and exited the roadway before landing in the Ottauquechee River. He did not report any injuries as a result of the crash.
The Vermont State Police was assisted on scene by the Hartland Fire Department, Department of Motor Vehicles, Agency of Transportation, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sabil and Sons Towing and Vermont State HAZMAT. The crash remains under investigation.
Respectfully,
Trooper Michael Robidoux
Vermont State Police
Email: michael.robidoux@vermont.gov
Phone: 802-234-9933
