Dozens of tractor-trailers fill Goddard Road and back up onto Alfred Plourde Parkway in Lewiston on Tuesday morning as they wait to get into the nearby Walmart Distribution Center. Employees from businesses in the area say the line of trucks occurs first thing every morning but does not prevent them from getting to or from […]
tractor trailer
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Tractor-trailer rolls over in Chain of Ponds Township
CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP — A Canadian driver lost control of his tractor-trailer on a steep, downhill portion of a slippery Route 27 early Saturday, causing the truck to roll over into a deep ditch. Jimmy Quirion, 38, of Frontenac, Quebec, was operating the 2019 Peterbilt, which sustained extensive damage to the tractor and trailer, […]
advertisement
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Police: Mother who stepped in front of truck with toddler had left suicide notes
The mother who stepped in front of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 while holding her 2-year-old son had left suicide notes at her home, Maine State Police said. Police are investigating the death of 26-year-old Heidi McGovern, of Lee, as a suicide. McGovern was holding her son, Enoch, when she stepped in front of an Irving […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Connecticut man injured when loaded rig rolls over in New Sharon
NEW SHARON — A Connecticut truck driver was injured Monday night when his rig, loaded with bottled water, rolled onto its side at Routes 2 and 27. Raheam Ingram, 26, of Meriden was driving a 1997 tractor-trailer for Blue Diamond Transport LLC on Route 2 when he almost drove past the intersection of Route 27 […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Truck hits traffic light in Auburn
A tractor-trailer truck driven by Alexsander Darizhapov, 34, went up onto the sidewalk near the courthouse in Auburn on Saturday night, hitting the traffic light. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal) A tractor-trailer truck driven by Alexsander Darizhapov, 34, went up onto the sidewalk near the courthouse in Auburn on Saturday night, hitting the traffic light. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Man killed in Poland ATV wreck
POLAND — A local man was killed Friday afternoon when he crashed an all-terrain vehicle into a tractor-trailer truck on Route 11, according to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department. A department news release said Skylar Lee Huff, 27, of Poland, was operating a 1985 Honda ATV on private property when he drove onto the westbound […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Rig takes out poles, hits apartment house in Woodstock
A utility pole lies on top of a trailer on South Main Street in Woodstock on Wednesday morning. The Canadian driver said he lost control of the rig, which took out two utility poles and crashed into the apartment building at right, Woodstock Fire Chief Kyle Hopps said. (Maine State Police) WOODSTOCK — A tractor-trailer driver […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Tractor-trailer rolls over on Route 4 in Sandy River Plantation
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — A truck driver escaped with minor injuries when his tractor-trailer went off the road on Route 4 early Saturday morning and rolled over. Arthur Chadwick, 38, of Brownfield, was driving on snowy roads for Superior Trucking in a truck fully loaded with water at 1:15 a.m. when he hit an S-curve […]
Posted inFranklin
Tractor-trailer jackknifes in Farmington, hits car
A tractor-trailer was operating too fast for conditions Thursday when it jackknifed on Town Farm Road in Farmington, according to Farmington officer Jesse Clement. The truck, driven by Lewis Phillips, 64, of Wilton, struck a car driven by Laurie-Anne Targett-Brown, 56, of Strong, causing minor damage to her vehicle. There were no injuries. The tractor-trailer is […]
