HARTLAND, VT — Vermont State Police were notified of a man in the woods yelling for help on Hartland Hill Road at approximately 6:36 a.m. Feb. 28, 2026.
Responding agencies located the man and a crashed vehicle nearby.
With assistance from the Hartland Fire Department and Woodstock Ambulance, the man was safely extricated from the woods.
He was identified as Jason Mode, 42, of Georgia, the operator of the crashed vehicle.
Mode showed signs of impairment.
He was transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and was processed for DUI-Drug.
Mode was issued a citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court, Windsor County – Criminal Division, on April 14, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. to answer to the charge of DUI-Drug.
