STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH
CASE#: 24B3000754
RANK/TROOPER FULL NAME: Trooper Colin Shepley
STATION: Shaftsbury Barracks
CONTACT#: 802-442-5421
DATE/TIME: 03/04/2024 at 1713 hours.
STREET: Kent Hollow Road
TOWN: Rupert
WEATHER: Cloudy and 50 degrees.
ROAD CONDITIONS: Wet dirt
VEHICLE #1
OPERATOR: Skyler N. Staples
AGE: 32
SEAT BELT? No
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Rupert, VT
VEHICLE YEAR: 2009
VEHICLE MAKE: Nissan
VEHICLE MODEL: Frontier
DAMAGE TO VEHICLE #1: Totaled
INJURIES: Fatal
HOSPITAL: N/A
SUMMARY OF CRASH: On 03/04/2024 at approximately 1713 hours, Vermont State Police were dispatched to a one car rollover motor vehicle crash in the area of 1481 Kent Hollow Road in the Town of Rupert. State Police Dispatch reported that a truck had rolled over into a river and the operator of the vehicle was unresponsive.
Preliminary investigation revealed that operator #1, Skyler Staples was travelling east on Kent Hollow Road at the time of the crash. For unknown reasons, Staples' vehicle departed the south side of the roadway where it struck a tree head on. The vehicle then proceeded to roll down a steep embankment and into a nearby river before coming to rest on the driver side.
Staples was removed from the vehicle by first responders. Rescue personnel began life saving measures on scene, however Staples ultimately succumbed to his injuries. Vermont State Police were assisted on scene by the Salem, NY and Granville, NY Rescue Squads, Rupert Fire Department, and Monarch Towing.
