KINGFIELD – A Kingfield woman and one of her two children were hurt Tuesday morning when their car struck a Department of Transportation truck fixing potholes on Route 27.
State Trooper Scott Nichols said Pamela Hinckley, 36, of West Kingfield Road, was driving daughters Felicia Hinckley, 13, and Sabrina Fowlie, 6, at around 7:45 a.m. when she came around a corner just past the graveyard and hit the state highway truck. Nichols said Hinckley’s vision was impaired by bright sunlight, and when she saw the truck, she tried to avoid it.
“She could not see the DOT truck until the last moment,” he said. “There was no excessive speed, the primary cause (of the accident) was the bright sunlight.”
Nichols said the two DOT personnel, Mark Tolman, 46, and Staci Thompson, 37, saw Hinckley’s 2004 Pontiac van approaching and “ran to avoid being struck.” They sustained no injuries, he said.
But Felicia Hinckley was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital with superficial lacerations to her face and neck, and Pamela Hinckley complained of pain to her wrist after the accident. Felicia was treated and released, hospital spokeswoman Jill Gray said.
The Pontiac was totaled “for all intents and purposes,” said Nichols, with severe front and side damage. “There was about $2,000 worth of damage to the DOT truck,” Nichols said.
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