Maine State Police Log Week of Jan. 21
ELLSWORTH The Maine State Police are investigating a fatal crash on Route 1 in Topsfield Jan. 14 that claimed the life of a Houlton man.
Tyler Dwyer, 30, was deceased at the scene, police said. An unnamed passenger was injured.
Dwyer had been southbound in a 2009 Ford pickup truck, which belongs to Bushwacker and Sons Logging Inc. out of Cary, police said.
Troopers said the truck collided with a northbound 2020 Peterbilt tractor-trailer operated by Gregory Worster, 58, of Kingman.
The collision occurred in the northbound lane, authorities said. Failure to maintain the proper lane and fatigue appear to be factors in the crash, police said.
On January 14, 2021, at approximately 9:15 a.m., Maine State Police responded to a fatal crash on Route 1 in Topsfield involving a 2020 Peterbilt tractor-trailer, owned by C&C Trucking incorporated out of Lincoln, hauling logs and a 2009 Ford pick-up truck, owned by Bushwacker and Sons Logging incorporated out of Cary. The operator of the pick-up truck, Tyler Dwyer, 30, of Houlton, was deceased at the scene and a passenger of that truck was injured. The tractor-trailer was driven by Gregory Worster, 58, of Kingman. Worster was driving north and Dwyer was traveling south and the collision occurred in the northbound lane. Failure to maintain the proper lane and fatigue appear to be factors in this crash.
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Houlton man dies, passenger injured in crash with tractor-trailer on Route 1
Maine State Police say failure to maintain the proper lane and fatigue appear to be factors in the crash.
Credit: Courtesy Maine State Police Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 1:25 PM EST January 14, 2021 Updated: 1:27 PM EST January 14, 2021
TOPSFIELD, Maine A 30-year-old Houlton man died Thursday morning in a crash on Route 1 involving a tractor-trailer.
According to Maine State Police, the fatal accident happened on Route 1 in Topsfield around 9:15 a.m. when a tractor-trailer traveling north and a pick-up truck traveling south collided in the northbound lane.
The 2020 Peterbilt tractor-trailer, driven by Gregory Worster, 58, of Kingman, was hauling logs. The truck was owned by C&C Trucking Inc., out of Lincoln.