Driver Suffers Serious Injuries in Maine Tractor-Trailer Crash
A 71-year-old man had serious injuries and was taken to the hospital following a tractor-trailer crash Friday morning on Dover Road in Charleston.
Police: Medical Event Before Accident
The Maine State Police said the driver, Paul Jackson of Dover Foxcroft may have had “a medical event before going off the road.”
Witnesses: Driver Did Not Use Brakes
Shannon Moss, Public Information Officer, Maine Department of Public Safety said people who saw the crash told Troopers that “the driver of the tractor-trailer drove off the road without ever touching the brakes.”
Serious But Non-Life Threatening Injuries
Jackson was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
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