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AUGUSTA — State troopers were busy Sunday night and into Monday dealing with multiple accidents involving tractor-trailers and icy roadways.

State police reported Monday that three tractor-trailers went off Route 9 in Hancock County while two other accidents occurred along Interstate 95 in Augusta overnight Sunday.

Route 9 between the intersections of Route 179 in Aurora and Route 193 in Beddington was expected to be closed for much of the day Monday, according to State Police Sgt. Jeff Ingemi.

The first of the three Hancock County accidents was reported at 4:30 a.m., according to Ingemi.

The sergeant said the road is shut down so wreckers can have space to pull the trucks, all 18-wheelers, back onto the roadway.

None of the drivers were seriously injured. Ingemi said the road was slick at the time of the accidents but road conditions are expected to improve as the day goes on.

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Department of Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said later Monday morning the road was expected to be closed until early Monday afternoon.

One lane remains open along Interstate 95 Monday on the Bond Brook overpass after a tractor-trailer accident destroyed a 30-foot section of the bridge’s guardrail.

McCausland said there is no timetable as to when both lanes of the northbound side will reopen, but “the bridge will remain one lane for some time.”

Anna Tronscosco-Williams, 22, of Indiana, was driving an empty flatbed tractor-trailer when she lost control on the icy interstate and struck the guardrail, according to McCausland.

Tronscosco-Williams was not hurt and no charges were filed, McCausland said.

The impact of the accident ripped the front axle from the truck and sent it tumbling to the Bond Brook Road below, and the truck’s fuel tanks ripped open, spilling fuel on the road.

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McCausland said the wreck has been removed. The tractor portion of the truck was destroyed and combined damage to the truck and bridge will likely be several hundred thousand dollars, he said.

In addition, northbound traffic on the interstate between exits 113 and 120 is being diverted in Augusta due to an overnight tractor-trailer crash in Sidney, McCausland said later Monday.

The crash occurred overnight Sunday and the truck was left off the roadway until wreckers could tow it, McCausland said. Motorists are being rerouted at Exit 113.

He added the detour was likely to last a couple of hours.

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