Wednesday, May 27, 2015

SPEEDING TRUCK OVERTURNS, SPILLS LOGS ONTO ROAD ON ROUTE 4 IN AVON, MAINE, ALSO DAMAGING A HOME.







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.