Multi-vehicle, other crashes in New Sharon on Friday due to freezing rain

Unexpected emergency vehicles reply to a crash Friday morning on Mile Hill Highway in New Sharon. A tractor-trailer pushed by Jean Fanfan of Raynham, Mass., dropped command of the 2022 Peterbilt he was driving, which struck 3 other automobiles. Freezing rain brought about other mishaps in New Sharon about the identical time, according to authorities.  Franklin County Sheriff Division

NEW SHARON — Ice and freezing rain caused multiple accidents Friday, as law enforcement responded to a few separate calls all over the same time of the early morning.

Franklin County Dispatch started off acquiring many phone calls close to 9:43 a.m. about a multi-automobile accident on the New Sharon side of Mile Hill Road, according to a report from Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr.

It was reported that a tractor-trailer truck experienced crashed into other motor vehicles. Deputy Austin Couture responded to the scene as effectively as Deputy Andrew Morgan and Nichols.

Law enforcement claimed Jean Fanfan, 41, of Raynham, Massachusetts, was driving a 2022 Peterbilt tractor-trailer north down Mile Hill Street when he missing control on roads that had turned to ice due to freezing rain. Other vehicles experienced previously started halting on equally sides of the street, but the truck could not halt.

A 2022 Peterbilt tractor-trailer rests from a Chevrolet pickup and a Subaru, right after the driver misplaced regulate Friday morning on Mile Hill Highway in New Sharon. A third vehicle was also struck in the identical crash. The freezing rain Friday morning was also the result in of two other motor motor vehicle mishaps in the location close to the exact same time. Franklin County Sheriff Division

The Peterbilt struck a parked 2016 Subaru Forester, which was in the northbound breakdown lane struggling with downhill and experienced been pushed by Julie Burdin, 30, of Solid. That collision then caused the truck to veer to the reverse aspect of the highway, at some point driving its nose into a deep ditch. As the truck was undertaking that, its trailer pivoted 180 degrees and struck a 2015 Subaru that was parked in the southbound breakdown lane dealing with uphill and experienced been pushed by Nancy Lloyd, 62, of Falmouth.

Lloyd was standing exterior her car and was on the phone when the truck’s trailer slid sideways into her auto. Lloyd dove for the floor as the trailer box passed about her entire body, striking her auto. The trailer also strike a 2008 Chevrolet pickup that was parked behind Lloyd’s automobile. The pickup experienced been driven by Wyatt Campbell, 16, of Phillips, who was also out of his car or truck together with his father, Ruben Campbell, 53, of Phillips. Ruben Campbell was struck by the trailer and thrown to the ground.

New Sharon firefighters, assisted by Chesterville firefighters, responded to the scene. NorthStar Ambulance despatched 3 ambulances to the scene. Rome Hearth Department assisted by shutting down Route 27 from Rome Corner, halting all northbound autos.

The Maine Office of Environmental Protection was named to the scene to thoroughly clean up fuel that experienced spilled from the tractor-trailer. The town of New Sharon despatched a street crew to distribute sand and to assistance to start with responders in their initiatives to accessibility the crash scene, which was built challenging mainly because of the icy highway ailments.

Not related to the tractor-trailer incident, but happening at the same time, Nichols responded to a one car or truck incident also touring north downhill on Mile Hill Highway. Katherine Cloutier, 60, of Topsham was driving a 2012 Dodge Avenger when she dropped management of her vehicle, spun 180 levels, likely off the road’s northbound lane into the ditch. No accidents were reported.

Point out Law enforcement assisted by covering a third incident, which transpired at approximately the identical time as the other crashes, even further south on the Rome aspect of Mile Hill Road involving an SUV that had rolled over just before the Hampshire Hill Highway intersection.

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