VSP News Release-Incident

 

STATE OF VERMONT

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

VERMONT STATE POLICE

 

NEWS RELEASE

       

CASE#:21B203538

RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Pat Tingle, Sgt. Daniel Hall                            

STATION:     Royalton Barracks                 

CONTACT#: 802 234 9933

 

DATE/TIME: 10/23/21 @ 2343 hours

INCIDENT LOCATION: Whitcomb Hill Road, Stockbridge.

VIOLATION:

 

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

 

On 10/23/21 at 2343 hours, Vermont State Police received a report of an overdue hunter in the area of Whitcomb Hill Road in Stockbridge, VT. Troopers from the Royalton Barracks and a Game Warden from Vermont Fish and Wildlife responded to the scene. Subsequently, Troopers from Royalton Barracks located the missing hunter’s fire and located him. He was then escorted out of the woods and did not need medical attention. Investigation revealed that the hunter became lost when his flashlight and phone battery died.