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January 5, 2025

RUTLAND BARRACKS / MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

NEWS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

CASE#: 25B400072

 

RANK / TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Steve Schutt 

 

STATION: Rutland                                  

 

CONTACT#: (802) 773-9101 

 

 

DATE/TIME: January 05, 2025 @ 0845 hours

 

STREET:  US Route 4, Eastbound

 

TOWN: West Rutland, VT 

 

LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: Twin Bridges 

 

INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: 13 

 

WEATHER: 17 degrees, cloudy, snow

 

ROAD CONDITIONS: Snow, Ice

 

 

VEHICLE #1  

OPERATOR: Kaylee Bunker

AGE: 22

SEAT BELT: Yes 

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Fair Haven, VT 

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2014

VEHICLE MAKE: Nissan   

VEHICLE MODEL: Rouge

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Substantial front end damage. Total loss.  

INJURIES: None

HOSPITAL: N/A

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH: On January 05, 2025, at approximately 0845 hours, the Vermont State Police - Rutland Barracks responded to a report of a single vehicle crash on US Route 4, Eastbound mile marker 13, in the Town of West Rutland, VT.

 

Troopers arrived on scene and identified Operator #1 as 22-year-old, Kaylee Bunker from Fair Haven, VT. Bunker, was operating vehicle #1, traveling eastbound on US Route 4. Bunkers’ vehicle slid into a guardrail on the north shoulder.

 

No injuries were reported.

 

Vehicle #1 sustained substantial frontend damage.

 

Troopers were assisted by Regional Ambulance Service, West Rutland Fire Department and Turks Towing.