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Rollover sends Canton man to hospital

Published on Sunday, Aug 30, 2009 at 3:03 am | Last updated on Sunday, Aug 30, 2009 at 3:03 am 2 Comments

Terry Karkos/Sun Journal

Canton firefighters remove debris from Canton Point Road on a rainy Saturday afternoon after driver Elijah Johnson, 24, of Canton, lost control of his 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee, according to Maine State Trooper Kyle Tilsley. Tilsley said Johnson, who was headed west to Dixfield at 2:10 p.m., got into the soft sandy shoulder, then over-corrected. The Jeep crossed both lanes and nosed into a drainage ditch before standing on its front end and flopping onto the roof. Med-Care Ambulance took Johnson to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington as a precaution. Tilsley said speed wasn't a factor.

- Terry Karkos/Sun Journal

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fedupmainer's picture

Speed might not have been a

Speed might not have been a factor, but was he texting???

inn0cent1387's picture

The shoulders from Rt. 140

The shoulders from Rt. 140 in Jay through Canton Point Road in Dixfield are scary. It only takes a second to slip into that shoulder and end up on your roof. Granted, many times someone doesn't have their eyes on the road or they are going too fast for these roads, but regardless something should be done to make this safer. This is the second person I went to school with that has rolled over after hitting the shoulder and trying to over-correct, and I'm sure there have been more I don't know about.

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