ROXBURY — A Rumford man escaped injury late Friday morning after the tractor-trailer he was driving east on Route 120 flipped on its side, spilling an estimated 80,000 pounds of wood chips, Oxford County Sheriff’s Sgt. Timothy Holland said at the scene.
Jason Dyke, 30, suffered bumps and bruises in the 11:38 a.m. accident that caused more than an estimated $50,000 damage to the chip truck owned by Nichols Brothers Inc. of Rumford, Holland said.
“Speed was definitely not a factor,” Holland said. “Right now, it looks like there were possibly defects in the trailer. It looks like its structural integrity let go.”
Holland said a crew from Steve Swasey Excavation in Andover was cleaning up the spilled load, which was bound for Stratton. MT Pockets of Dixfield pulled the rig back onto its wheels. Responders included Roxbury and Andover firefighters, Andover Rescue, Med-Care Ambulance, and Troopers Jason Wing and Timothy Turner of the Maine State Police Commercial Motor Vehicles Enforcement Division.
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