STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE#: 25A3005057
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Ryan Riegler
STATION: Berlin Barracks
CONTACT#: 802.229.9191
DATE/TIME: 07/26/2025 at approximately 0601 hours
STREET: VT RT 100
TOWN: Waitsfield, VT
LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: Airport Road
WEATHER: Clear
ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry
VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: Dasan Dowsey
AGE: 20
SEAT BELT? NO
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Warren, VT
VEHICLE YEAR: 2008
VEHICLE MAKE: Ford
VEHICLE MODEL: Ranger
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Totaled
INJURIES: Severe - life threatening
HOSPITAL: Central Vermont Medical Center
SUMMARY OF CRASH:
On the above date and time, the Vermont State Police responded to a report of a single vehicle crash with the operator having been located away from the scene. Mad River Ambulance and Waitsfield Fire Dept. responded. Subsequent investigation revealed that the operator, Dasan Dowsey had departed the roadway resulting in the vehicle overturning. Dowsey was transported to the Central Vermont Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries as a result of this crash and later transferred to the University of Vermont Medical Center. This case remains under investigation.
Trooper Ryan Riegler
Berlin Barracks
578 Paine Turnpike N.
Berlin, VT
802.229.9191