The driver of a hearse was injured after he apparently fell asleep at the wheel and the vehicle rolled over several times on Interstate 95.

Hearse rollover on I-95 in Pittsfield, Maine
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Maine State Police say the crash was reported Thursday afternoon in Pittsfield.  The hearse overturned 3 or 4 times before coming to rest upright in the roadway, according to State Trooper Joseph Chretien.

The northbound side of I-95 was reduced to one lane as rescue personnel tended to the driver, 55-year-old Michael Kelley of Salisbury Cove.  State Police said Kelley was taken to Sabasticook Hospital in Pittsfield, with  serious but not life-threatening injuries.

The hearse, owned by Jordan-Fernald Funeral Home in Ellsworth, was transporting a body which remained in the vehicle. Following the crash, the body and casket were transferred to another hearse.

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