Propane truck rolls over in Harrison

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Firefighter Tom McFarlane, center, watches as a hose is pulled to empty a Dead River Co. propane truck, which overturned on the Haskell Hill Road in Harrison on Wednesday morning. The truck was carrying 3,000 gallons of propane when a rear axle broke, causing the truck to overturn. At left is Bill Dyer of Dead River, who was not the driver. The unidentified driver was not seriously injured in the mishap and the fuel was to be transferred from the truck. Firefighters from Naples, Norway, Otisfield, Bridgton and Waterford responded to the accident.

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Norway firefighters were suited with air packs and had two hoses charged in case water was needed during the cleanup at a propane truck rollover on Haskell Hill Road in Harrison on Wednesday. Dead River Co. employee Bill Dyer works on the left.

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Firefighter Tom McFarlane and Dead River Co. employee Bill Dyer look at the undercarriage of a propane truck that overturned on Haskell Hill Road in Harrison on Wednesday. The unidentified driver was not serioulsy injured. The truck was carrying 3,000 gallons of propane when a rear axle broke, causing the truck to overturn.

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Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates, center, confers with firefighters from Naples, Norway and Waterford while they fill one of two dump tanks about 500 feet from an overturned propane truck on Haskell Hill Road in Harrison on Wednesday.

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A Dead River Co. propane truck from Auburn overturned on Haskell Hill Road in Harrison on Wednesday. The truck was carrying 3,000 gallons of propane when a rear axle broke, causing the truck to overturn. The unidentified driver was not seriously injured.

Chuck Blaquiere photo

A Dead River Co. propane truck from Auburn overturned on Haskell Hill Road in Harrison on Wednesday. The truck was carrying 3,000 gallons of propane when a rear axle broke, causing the truck to overturn. The unidentified driver was not seriously injured.

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A wrecker from Stewart's Towing in South Portland hoists an overturned Dead River Co. propane truck on Haskell Hill Road in Harrison on Wednesday. The truck was carrying 3,000 gallons of propane when a rear axle broke, causing the truck to overturn. The unidentified driver was not seriously injured.

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A Dead River Co. propane truck from Auburn is hoisted from Haskell Hill Road in Harrison on Wednesday after its axle broke and it overturned. The truck was carrying 3,000 gallons of propane. The unidentified driver was not seriously injured.

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I am glad that no one was hurt...I guess the trucks need to be better inspected...

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