A deadly head-on collision and a separate accident involving a logging truck forced police to close two sections of Route 302 for most of Tuesday evening. Two people were killed and a third person was critically injured in the two-vehicle head-on crash on Route 302 in Casco late Tuesday afternoon. That accident was followed by […]
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Logging truck accident closes Route 117 in Norway
NORWAY — A logging truck overturned early Tuesday morning, closing a portion of Route 117. Officials expect the road, between Gore and Old State roads will be closed for several hours Tuesday morning. There were no confirmed reports of injury. This story will be updated.
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Logging truck, van collide in Woodstock; drivers escape serious injury
WOODSTOCK — A Rumford man received minor injuries Tuesday morning when his van collided head-on with a four-axle logging truck on Route 26, police said. Shayne White, 50, of Rumford was driving north on Route 26 in Woodstock when his 2006 Dodge Caravan crossed the centerline and struck a loaded logging truck driven by Kyle […]
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Phillips man injured, Avon house damaged when tractor-trailer rolls
AVON — A Phillips man was injured early Wednesday when the tractor-trailer he was driving north on Route 4 failed to negotiate a sharp turn, causing the truck to tip over and spill its load of logs into the road. One of the logs went through a window of a nearby house, Franklin County Sheriff […]
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Driver in serious condition after her car was broadsided by a logging truck in Standish
STANDISH — A Massachusetts woman who pulled into the lane of a logging truck Friday afternoon was struck by the fully loaded big rig. She was trapped inside her vehicle until rescue crews arrived and extricated her, according to Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office officials. Helen Dobosz, 72, of Seekonk, Mass., is listed in serious condition […]
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Motorist seriously hurt in crash with logging truck
STANDISH — Authorities say a woman whose car was struck by a fully-loaded logging truck in Maine has suffered serious injuries. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says 72-year-old Helen Dobosz of Seekonk, Mass., was driving through an intersection in Standish around 4:30 p.m. Friday when her car was hit on the passenger side by the […]
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Truck pushes car sideways for 200 feet in Farmington
FARMINGTON — A Mexico man escaped injury Friday morning when a loaded logging truck pushed his car sideways down Route 2 for about 200 feet before it stopped at a traffic light in front of Walmart. Officer Darin Gilbert said he was making a traffic stop in front of Burger King and saw the car […]
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Man killed, 2 injured in Clifton collision
CLIFTON — One man was killed and his female passenger severely injured when their pickup collided with a logging truck on Rebel Hill Road on Monday evening. The driver of an unloaded logging truck was heading west on Rebel Hill Road, part of Route 180, as he approached a pickup driven in the opposite direction […]