STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH

 

CASE#: 20B404010                                     

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Steven Schutt

STATION: Rutland Barracks                                        

CONTACT#: 802-773-9101

 

DATE/TIME: 10/14/2020

STREET: US Route 7

TOWN: Pittsford

LANDMARK AND/OR CROSS STREETS: Depot Hill Road

INTERSTATE MILE MARKER: N/A

WEATHER: Clear 65 Degrees

ROAD CONDITIONS: Dry, Paved Road

 

VEHICLE #1

OPERATOR: Keith Piper

AGE: 43

SEAT BELT? Y

CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE:  Sudbury, VT

 

VEHICLE YEAR: 2004

VEHICLE MAKE: Ford

VEHICLE MODEL: EC2 VAN

DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1:  Total Loss

INJURIES: Minor

HOSPITAL: Rutland Regional Medical Center

 

SUMMARY OF CRASH:

 

On 10/14/2020 at approximately 1431 hours, Troopers from the Rutland Barracks responded to a motor vehicle crash located on US Route 7 north of the Depot Hill Road intersection in Pittsford, VT. Pittsford Fire Department and Regional Ambulance Service responded to the crash.  Operator #1 was identified as Keith Piper (43) of Sudbury, VT. Investigation revealed, Piper suffered a medical emergency causing him to lose control of his vehicle. Vehicle #1 left the west shoulder of the roadway traveling southbound where the vehicle stopped due to striking a tree in the front yard of the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust. No other vehicles were involved.

 

LODGED - LOCATION: N/A

BAIL: N/A

MUG SHOT: N/A

COURT ACTION: No

COURT: N/A

COURT DATE/TIME: N/A

 

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