LIVERMORE FALLS – Two men were injured Tuesday morning in a nearly head-on collision on Route 106 near the Leeds line.
Nathan Cossaboom, 42, of Kents Hill, was headed toward Leeds when a truck driven by Donald Chamberlain, 76, of Turner, headed east toward Livermore Falls, made a left turn on to Strickland Loop Road into the path of Cossaboom’s vehicle, Livermore Falls Police Lt. Tom Gould said Tuesday.
Cossaboom was trapped in his Ford Escort and had to be extricated by Livermore Falls firefighters, Gould said. Firefighters pried the door off and cut away the windshield before they could pull the dashboard away from Cossaboom, he said.
He complained of extremity and hip pain and was taken by a NorthStar Emergency Medical Services to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Gould said.
Cossaboom was listed in fair condition at the hospital, a spokeswoman said Tuesday afternoon.
Chamberlain was taken by a second NorthStar ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington with broken bones in his left hand, the officer said. Chamberlain was treated and released, a hospital spokeswoman there said.
Both vehicles were totaled in the accident, which was reported at 9:05 a.m., Gould said.
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