MAY 27, 2015
AVON, MAINE (NEWS CENTER)
A logging truck overturned early Wednesday morning, spilling
logs onto the road and hitting a home, said the Franklin County Sheriff's
office.
The Sheriff's office said Steven Boyd Jr. was driving
Thorndike truck on Route 4.
Around 3:30 a.m., he failed to go around a sharp
turn and the truck overturned and spilled logs onto the road, said the
Sheriff's office. The logs rolled and struck a local home, some of them going
into the home, said officials.
Some of the logs went into a nearby home.
The driver was taken to Farmington Memorial Hospital for
injuries.
The deputy who responded said excessive speed was a factor in the crash.