TURNER – A 30-year-old Lewiston woman was killed Thursday when her sport utility vehicle collided with a cement truck on Route 4.

The victim was flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after rescue crews pulled her from her mangled Nissan Xterra. She died at the hospital.

Maine State Police were investigating the 6:30 p.m. crash, which occurred approximately a mile north of Murray Oil Co. on Route 4.

The driver of the cement mixer truck was not hurt in the crash after his rig flipped onto the passenger side. He was driving for Thomaston-based Dragon Cement and Concrete. There was no cement in the mixer at the time of the crash, investigators said.

Police did not release the names of either driver. According to police sources, the woman was 30 years old and from Lewiston.

Investigators said it appeared the woman was driving south on Route 4 when her sport utility vehicle collided with the northbound cement truck. What caused the collision remained unknown Thursday night.

The vehicles crashed on a narrow two-lane section of the road between Upper Street and Potato Road. The front of the Nissan was torn off, scattering debris along the road.

The SUV landed on an embankment near the northbound lane. The cement truck skidded and flipped onto its side, landing approximately 75 yards from the Nissan.

Turner firefighters on their way to a weekly training meeting were at the scene in minutes after the crash was reported, according to Fire Chief Steve Fish.

“We were all converging on the central station when we got the call,” Fish said. “The response time was very minimal.”

Fish said the woman was unconscious inside her vehicle when crews first arrived.

“She was in very serious condition,” Fish said. “LifeFlight was called immediately.”

The medical helicopter landed in nearby Twitchell’s Airport.

The woman who died in the collision had a 9-year-old son who was not with her at the time of the crash, according to friends of the family.

Police and rescue crews remained at the scene of the crash until just after 9 p.m. The section of Route 4 around the crash scene remained closed to traffic until then as a crash reconstruction was completed. Motorists were rerouted around the scene along Upper Street.

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