Vermont
Vt. teen seriously injured after being run over by rolling Jeep, police say
SANDGATE, Vt. (WCAX) – Police say a Vermont teen was seriously injured when she was run over by a Jeep with no one behind the wheel.
It happened Monday at about 7:30 a.m. on SE Corners Road in Sandgate.
Vermont State Police Austin Carrier, 20, of Sandgate, was driving a white 2001 Jeep Cherokee, towing a green 1994 Jeep Cherokee with a chain. Jalen Davis, 18, of Bennington, was steering the green Jeep.
Investigators say as the white Jeep started to go up a hill, the driveshaft broke and both Jeeps began rolling backward. They say both Carrier and Davis jumped out of the Jeeps they were in.
But troopers say when Davis jumped out of the green Jeep, she tripped and fell, and was run over by the white Jeep.
Police say Davis was airlifted to the Albany Medical Center with serious injuries. We don’t know the extent of her injuries or her condition.
Police say the incident and the filing of any possible charges are still under investigation.
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