FEBRUARY 28, 2015
ATHENS, MAINE
A 62-year-old Cornville man was killed when the propane
truck he was driving hit a frost heave and overturned Friday on Brighton Road,
police said.
Gary Russell was pronounced dead at the scene, said Cpl.
Eugene Cole of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department.
Russell is the owner of GR & Son Propane & Service
in Cornville and was making a delivery at around 4:40 p.m. Friday when he hit
the frost heave at the top of a hill and lost control, Cole said.
The accident took place around 190 Brighton Road and there
were no other vehicles involved, he said.
A woman who lived nearby and saw the crash reported it to
police.
The accident is still under investigation by police and is
also being investigated by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection,
Cole said.
It did not appear that any propane was spilled in the crash,
he said.