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Truck slams into sedan then goes into woods
Published Feb 24, 2010 12:00 am | Last updated Feb 24, 2010 12:15 am
A tractor-trailer from Columbia River Transportation out of Columbia, N.H., ran off the road and into the trees on Route 4 in Turner near the intersection of Route 117 on Tuesday.
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TURNER — Police said a teenager was lucky to escape with minor injuries when the sedan she was driving was hit broadside Tuesday morning by a tractor-trailer.
Samantha Allen, 16, of Harrison crossed Route 4 westbound in a 2001 Kia into the path of a 2000 Peterbilt tractor-trailer driven by Robert Wheeler, 40, of North Stratford, N.H., police said.
The truck slammed into the middle of the passenger side of the car, which bounced into a sport utility vehicle that was stopped at a stop sign facing east on Buckfield Road.
The Kia, owned by Brenda Creighton of Harrison, was demolished.
After hitting the car, the truck continued south, went over the shoulder of the road and down into a muddy gully, and stopped against a small stand of trees. It was hauling bark mulch.
Allen and the driver of the 1998 Ford Explorer, Brian Saucier, 31, of Turner, were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. Wheeler was unhurt, said Maine State Trooper Corey Huckins, who investigated the crash.
No citation was issued.
Allen said she didn't see the truck, Huckins said. Witnesses said that appeared to be the case, he said.
He said the cause of the crash likely was driver inattention due to inexperience.
All drivers involved wore seat belts, Huckins said. The air bag in the car Allen drove deployed.
“It's lucky everyone was wearing a seat belt and extremely lucky that Samantha's alive,” Huckins said.
One of the worst
Submitted by xyz on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 08:25.
One of the worst intersections on route 4 and how did she NOT SEE a large truck. Yet no citations were issued got to love the police on this one, what connections does she have one has to wonder.
Maybe you misread the
Submitted by alowe on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 23:06.
Maybe you misread the article. A 16 year old girl was "... lucky to escape with minor injuries...". I'm not sure if you are a parent or not, but just, for one second, imagine the horror of seing your daughter or grand daughters car demolished by a tractor trailer truck with her still inside of it. I am guessing that you are not a crime scene investigator either, no one was cited in the accident and I am sure the authorities had good reason for their actions.
Be human. A young girl almost died. Shes a daughter. People love her. Let us all hope that nothing like that ever happens to anyone in your family.