CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP — Two tractor-trailers were damaged when they slid off an icy road at Natanis Point early Monday morning. No injuries were reported to drivers Carl Pepin of Pepin Lumber in Coburn Gore and Francis Boulanger of Canada. Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols said freezing rain, high winds and black ice contributed […]
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Driver injured in Chain of Ponds logging truck rollover
CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP — A Canadian truck driver was injured Tuesday afternoon when he swerved the logging truck he was driving to avoid hitting a deer and it hit a guardrail and rolled over on Ledge Hill on Route 27, state police Trooper Jillian Monahan said. Timmy Philippon, 22, of Quebec, was able to […]
Carthage driver killed in truck collision in Franklin County
CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP — A Carthage man was killed when the fuel truck he was driving collided Monday morning with an empty tractor-trailer on Route 27, about 10 minutes south of the Canadian border, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. Gregory Hutchinson, 51, was killed instantly, according to county Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. […]
Chesterville man dies after fall from bridge in Chain of Ponds
CHAIN OF PONDS — Maine State Police are investigating the accidental death of a Chesterville man who fell off a bridge and struck his head late Saturday or early Sunday at the Natanis Point Campground located off Route 27. Robert Clough Jr., 56, was walking in the dark on a bridge with no rails and […]