STRAFFORD — Troopers with the Vermont State Police Royalton Barracks were advised of a single vehicle crash on Justin Morrill Memorial Highway on Aug. 2 at approximately 6:27 a.m.
Troopers arrived on scene and observed that a white Toyota Tundra pickup truck had crashed into the side of a farm structure.
There was no operator present on scene.
Investigation determined that Michael Dathe, 77, of Strafford, was operating the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Dathe was issued a criminal citation to appear at Orange County Court Criminal Division to answer to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident.