ADDISON COUNTY — Someone stole a car in Burlington on Saturday and the next morning crashed it into another car in Addison County, injuring a Monkton man. Vermont State Police are asking for help finding the thieves who ran from the crash.

On May 11 at 10:20 a.m. troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Hardscrabble Road and Putty Bed Place in Monkton. Police report that Taylor Cole, 24, of Monkton was driving a 2024 Toyota RAV4 southbound on Hardscrabble Road at a reasonable speed when a 2023 Audi Q5 turned from Putty Bed Place onto Hardscrabble Road northbound a rapid speed and struck the RAV4 head-on.

The two occupants of the Audi fled the scene.

State police arrived, determined that the Audi had been stolen on Saturday and they pulled out a K-9 to search for the driver and passenger of the stolen car. The search was unsuccessful; witnesses told police that they thought the two were picked up by someone driving an older-model, white Chevy pickup truck.

Cole, meanwhile, was taken to Porter Medical Center, where he was treated for suspected moderate injuries.

State police are still trying to find out the identities of the Audi occupants. Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the New Haven state police barracks at 802-388-4919 or leave an anonymous tip online at vsp.vermont.gov/prevention/tipsubmit.

Troopers were assisted on scene by Middlebury police, Bristol Rescue Squad and Monkton Fire Department.

In other activity, state police on Saturday dealt with two incidents possibly involving impaired driving.

In the first incident, at around a quarter after 1 a.m., troopers responded to a reported one-car crash in the intersection of Lovers Land and Cold Spring Road in Bristol. Troopers detected signs of impairment while speaking to the driver, identifies as 28-year-old Ryan Hallett of Starksboro. Police alleged that Hallett drove the car with an infant in the vehicle.

The took Hallett into custody, transported him to the New Haven barracks and cited him for driving under the influence, second offense and cruelty to a child.

Traffic tickets are pending.

The second incident came when troopers responded at around 11:30 p.m. to a one-car crash at the intersection of Route 17 East and Middle Road in Addison. Troopers said that while speaking with the driver, identified as 28-year-old Hunter Quesnel of West Addison, they detected signs of impairment.

Police report that Quesnel’s vehicle went off the road on a curve and crashed. He fled the scene.

Troopers ultimately found him and took him to a hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash. Police said that while talking with Quesnel, he tried to deflect the investigation by implicating another individual.

In the end, they cited Quesnel for refusing to give a drunk driving sample, leaving the scene of an accident, negligent driving and giving false information to a police officer. Traffic tickets are also pending.