Police: Sleepy Driver Caused Truck Fire on Maine Turnpike

A tractor trailer that hit a guard rail after its driver fell asleep burst into flames early Sunday morning on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery, according to Maine State Police.
Driver Eric Morris, 65, of Portland was hauling bottles of Poland Spring Water in the southbound lanes of I-95 near Exit 3 around 4:10 a.m., according to State Police Spokeswoman Shannon Moss, when the truck rolled over into the center median guardrail before becoming fully engulfed in flames.
No other vehicle was involved and no charges have yet been filed, according to Moss.
The crash closed the southbound lanes from the area of the York toll plaza for several hours.

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