EUSTIS – Extreme winds and road conditions were factors when a tractor-trailer truck struck a utility pole and damaged a second pole Thursday morning on Route 27, Franklin County Sheriff’s Department representatives said. The driver, Jacques Veilleux of Quebec, was not injured, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. Veilleux works for Loignon Champ-Carr Inc. of Quebec. […]
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R.I. woman en route to Rangeley summer home dies in turnpike crash
KITTERY (AP) — Police say a woman from Rhode Island on the way to her summer home in Maine died in a collision on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery when a tractor-trailer crashed through guardrails, crossed a median and hit her SUV head on. Police told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1r6rlO7 ) that 59-year-old Christine […]
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Trailer unattaches from tractor in Eustis
EUSTIS — An unloaded trailer came loose from a tractor pulling out of ReEnergy Stratton Biomass Plant onto Route 27 on Thursday afternoon, Franklin County Deputy Matt Brann said. There was no damage to the truck or trailer and no injuries, he said. The tractor-trailer was making a left turn from Fontaine Road onto Route […]
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Truck driver injured when tractor-trailer rolls in Wilton
WILTON — A Norway man was injured Friday morning when the tractor-trailer he was driving went off Route 133 and rolled onto its side. Donald Lovell, 48, was operating a truck for Tibbetts Trucking of Livermore, according to Wilton police officer Andrew Hardy. Lovell was able to get out of the truck on his own […]
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Tractor-trailer truck slows traffic in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Traffic was slowed and reduced to two lanes Wednesday when the wheels on a tractor-trailer got hung up on a snowbank as it left the Irving Big Stop on routes 2 and 4. The tractor-trailer jack-knifed, blocking two lanes and the trailer was on the verge of tipping over, Farmington police officer Darin […]
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Southbound lanes in Falmouth reopen after early-morning crash involving 4 tractor-trailers, car
FALMOUTH — An early morning crash involving four tractor-trailers and a car temporarily shut down both southbound lanes at mile 55 in Falmouth, according to Maine State Police. At about 3:50 a.m., state troopers arrived at the multi-vehicle accident, according to a statement from police. A tractor-trailer had jackknifed causing a chain reaction of crashes. […]
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Truck blocks icy hill in Industry
INDUSTRY — A tractor-trailer loaded with 16,000 pounds of paper rolls found the ice on Grid Iron Hill too much to maneuver over Thursday morning. Vouh Gayetaye, 33, of South Dakota, driving for ANS Express, was traveling on Route 43 shortly after 11 a.m. to return the rolls to the mill in Madison, he said […]
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Teen dies in collision with logging truck in Washington County
TOPSFIELD (AP) — Police say a crash involving a car and an empty logging truck has claimed the life of an 18-year-old high school student. WZON radio reported Dylan Porter of Brookton died early Wednesday morning in the crash on Route 1. The driver of the logging truck, 39-year-old Kevin Lagse of New Brunswick, was […]
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Rig slides off Jay road; pole, wires down
JAY — The trailer of an empty logging truck went off Route 140, snapping a utility pole Monday morning, Jay police Sgt. Troy Young said. The 2007 Kenworth rig, driven by Johnny Fortin, 32, of Canada, was going too fast for the slushy road conditions, he said. Fortin was not hurt. The utility pole snapped […]
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Princeton man crushed, killed by tractor-trailer
PRINCETON — A man was killed while he was working on a tractor-trailer in Princeton this morning, police said. Grant Cilley, 44, of Princeton, had jacked up the cab of a truck and was attempting to set a second pair of jacks underneath when the truck came off the first pair of jacks and crushed […]