RANGELEY – A Skowhegan driver was injured Tuesday after the logging truck he was driving went out of control around a bend on Dodge Hill Pond Road on Route 4, police Chief Dennis Leahy said.
The truck rolled completely over and back onto its wheels, spilling its load of logs across the eastbound lane, he said.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
The driver, Von Del Ladd, 61, was taken by NorthStar Emergency Medical Services ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. Ladd was treated and released, a FMH spokeswoman said.
Rangeley firefighters also responded to assist with traffic.
The truck, registered to French Logging Co., in Madison, was coming from Oquossoc village toward downtown Rangeley when the accident occurred at about 6 a.m., 500 yards east of the Dodge Pond Boat launch, Leahy said.
Route 4 was closed for more than five hours, Leahy said.
The 2001 Western Star tractor-trailer had extensive damage, he said. A crane lifted the truck onto a flatbed, and it loaded the logs onto another truck, he said.
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