UPDATED 10:40 P.M.: LEWISTON — Police are investigating after a tractor-trailer ran over a man who was apparently sleeping under or near the truck while the driver was pulling out of LePage Bakery late Wednesday night. “The driver drove away and heard a scream and stopped immediately,” said Lt. David St. Pierre. “Fortunately, the […]
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Tractor-trailer hits bridge, rolls over in Coburn Gore
COBURN GORE — A man from Strong was injured Thursday when the tractor-trailer he was driving on Route 27 struck a guardrail and a bridge abutment, spilling a load of paper into a stream, a state official said. Scott Theriault, 47, was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington with minor injuries, according to a statement […]
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Poland Spring water truck crashes in New Vineyard
NEW VINEYARD — A tanker-truck hauling 8,200 gallons of water swerved to avoid an oncoming car and went off Route 27, hit trees and rolled over early Wednesday, Maine State Police Trooper Reid Bond said. Driver Kevin Couillard, 40, of Gray was not injured in the 1 a.m. crash, Bond said. Couillard maneuvered the tractor-trailer […]
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Tractor-trailer jackknifes on Route 27 in New Vineyard
NEW VINEYARD — An unloaded tractor-trailer truck traveling south on Route 27 lost control coming around a corner and jackknifed on Wednesday morning, Maine State Police Trooper Jed Malcore said. The truck’s cab went into a ditch and the trailer blocked both lanes of travel, he said. The accident reported at 11:35 a.m. closed Route […]
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Truck spills wood sheathing, shuts down Crash Road in Livermore
LIVERMORE — A Phillips man escaped injury when he lost control of a tractor-trailer on the Crash Road and it overturned early Monday morning, Maine State Police Trooper Daniel Hanson said. The load of wood sheathing hauled by Ronald Veilleux, 54, was spilled, and the 2016 Volvo truck registered to Hartt Transportation Systems of Auburn […]
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Auburn lifts boil-water order
AUBURN — City officials have declared the water safe to drink. A boil-water order had been in place on some streets since Tuesday, when a tractor-trailer truck jumped a sidewalk, struck a hydrant and broke three water mains. Mike Broadbent, assistant superintendent of the Auburn Water and Sewerage Districts, said tests came back Thursday morning […]
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NorthStar ambulance strikes tractor-trailer en route to medical call
JAY — A NorthStar EMS ambulance hit a tractor-trailer on the way to a medical call Friday, according to Jay police Detective Michael Mejia. Both vehicles were stopped in road construction on Route 4, near AMVETS, with just one travel lane, he said. The truck stayed put when traffic was allowed to go so the […]
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Dixfield police report increase in scam calls
DIXFIELD — The Police Department responded to 31 calls for service from Feb. 23 to March 6, including some phone scams, Chief Jeff Howe said Friday morning. “We’ve been getting buried with fraudulent phone calls, ranging from IRS scams to fake winnings scams,” he said. He attributed the volume to tax return season. The IRS […]
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Stuck truck slows traffic in Monmouth
MONMOUTH — Car crash? Fire? No — just the snow causing more problems for weary travelers. A section of Route 202 was closed on Wednesday after a truck driver got his rig stuck at around 3:15 p.m. while attempting to turn around. It took a heavy wrecker to get the tractor-trailer righted again. Police rerouted […]