BRANDON — A 62-year-old Brandon man died in a single-vehicle crash at 12:58 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21, according to Vermont State Police.

David Fletcher was driving the car when it went off the road and struck a utility pole at the intersection of Country Club Road and Forest Dale Road in Brandon. State police said. When emergency responders got to the scene, they found that Fletcher was unresponsive and members of Green Mountain Power were performing CPR.

An investigation by state police determined Fletcher’s vehicle, a 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, was traveling south on Forest Dale Road when it left the west side of the roadway and struck a utility pole. The vehicle ended up off the west side of what was a wet road at the time, the report said. 

Fletcher was taken from the scene by Brandon Rescue and was pronounced deceased by medical staff at Rutland Regional Medical Center.