A tractor-trailer crash overnight on Interstate 95 in the Plymouth-Newport area has caused highway traffic to be reduced to one lane heading south as crews work to remove the overturned vehicle, which was carrying bagged potatoes.
The tractor-trailer went off went off the road Tuesday night and into the median, according to a news release from Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Department of Public Safety. The crash was reported about 11 p.m., according to an emergency dispatch.
A tractor-trailer carrying bagged potatoes overturned Tuesday night on Interstate 95 in the Plymouth-Newport area. Photo courtesy of Maine State Police
A tractor-trailer carrying bagged potatoes overturned Tuesday night on Interstate 95 in the Plymouth-Newport area. Photo courtesy of Maine State Police
Workers would be offloading the tractor-trailer’s cargo of bagged potatoes, and then its big rig will be removed, a process that’s expected to take several hours, according to McCausland.
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