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First responders attend to Kathryn Towle, 72, of Jay, who was injured Tuesday afternoon when the Ford Flex she was driving on U.S. Route 2 East collided with a Dodge Ram pickup driven by James Ainworth, 77, of Corinth, Vermont. Donna M. Perry/Su Journal

WILTON — A Jay woman was injured Tuesday afternoon when the SUV she was driving collided with a pickup truck on U.S. Route 2 East at the intersection of state Route 156.

James Ainworth, 77, of Corinth, Vermont, was stopped at the stop sign at Route 156 and attempted to enter Route 2 when a Ford Flex driven by Kathryn Towle, 72, of Jay approached from the east on Route 2 down Burgess Hill when their vehicles collided, Police Chief Ethan Kyes said.

Firefighters work Tuesday next to a Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by James Ainworth, 77, of Corinth, Vermont. It collided with a Ford Flex on U.S. Route 2, Wilton Police Chief Ethan Kyes said. Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal

Towle complained of pain and was taken by a MaineHealth EMS ambulance to MaineHealth Franklin Hospital in Farmington.

Ainworth was not injured, Kyes said.

Both vehicles were heavily damaged and towed from the scene.

Wilton police were assisted by Jay police and Wilton Fire Rescue.

Donna M. Perry is a general assignment reporter who has lived in Livermore Falls for 30 years and has worked for the Sun Journal for 20 years. Before that she was a correspondent for the Livermore Falls...

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