STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
NEWS RELEASE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE#: 26B4006203
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Sgt. Christopher Loyzelle
STATION: Rutland Barracks
CONTACT#: 802 773 9101
DATE/TIME: August 13, 2026 at 17:42 hours
STREET: Vermont Route 103
TOWN: Shrewsbury
LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: Airport Road
INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: N/A
WEATHER: Clear
ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry, Blacktop
VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: Semanur Gunes
AGE: 34
SEAT BELT? Yes
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Reston, VA
VEHICLE YEAR: 2024
VEHICLE MAKE: Volvo
VEHICLE MODEL: Tractor Trailer
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Substantial contact damage.
INJURIES: None
HOSPITAL: N/A
SUMMARY OF CRASH:
On August 13, 2026, at approximately 1742 hours, the
Vermont State Police received a report of a crash involving a tractor-trailer
and a train on Vermont Route 103 in the Town of Shrewsbury.
The investigation determined that Semanur Gunes, 34, of
Reston, Virginia, was operating a 2024 Volvo tractor-trailer southbound on
Vermont Route 103. Gunes failed to stop for the activated railroad crossing
signals. A Vermont Railway train traveling west through the Vermont Route 103
railroad crossing subsequently struck the tractor-trailer.
Gunes was uninjured, and the tractor-trailer was towed
from the scene by Earles Truck Repair. The engineer and other occupants of the
Vermont Railway train were also uninjured.
Vermont Route 103 was temporarily closed while the crash
was investigated and the scene was cleared.
The Vermont State Police were assisted by the Vermont Highway Patrol,
Vermont Hazmat Team, Shrewsbury Fire Department, Clarendon Fire Department and
members of the Rutland Town Fire Department.
Gunes was issued a VCVC for failing to obey traffic control
signals.
BAIL: N/A
MUG SHOT: No
COURT ACTION: N/A
COURT: N/A
COURT DATE/TIME: N/A