FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) – A Massachusetts company has accepted responsibility for a hit-and-run accident on the Maine Turnpike that caused an estimated $200,000 in damage to an overpass in Falmouth, investigators said.

The tractor-trailer truck owned by Jennifer M. Cook Inc. of Mendon, Mass., was hauling a piece of logging equipment that exceeded the turnpike’s height limit and struck the Hurricane Road overpass, causing structural damage to a steel beam, Maine State Police said.

The accident took place shortly after 9 a.m. on Jan. 31 but was only discovered two days later.

After police appealed through the media for witnesses, two motorists came forward and provided investigators with part of the name that appeared on the truck, Trooper Kevin Curran said. Investigators then combed through turnpike and federal motor carrier databases and were able to identify the owner as Jennifer M. Cook.

Curran, who met with driver Michael Hoffshire, 43, of North Dighton, Mass., and the company owner, said they accepted responsibility. The trooper said they told him that they did not report the accident because “they didn’t think the damage was that significant.”

Police say the company is slated to appear in Portland District Court on April 13 to answer a charge of leaving the scene of a property damage accident, a Class D misdemeanor.

The company also will be liable for the damage to the overpass, Curran said.

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