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(Clifton) â Police say a 30-year old Dennysville man driving on a suspended license suffered critical injuries in yesterdayâs crash that closed down Route 9 in Clifton. State Troopers say 30-year-old Jay Preston of Dennysville crossed the centerline in his pickup and struck a tractor-trailer driven by 56-year-old Rodney Tolman of Amherst. Firefighters had to cut Preston from his vehicle. The crash closed Route 9 for more than 10 hours as workers removed the tree-length logs from that spilled from the tractor-trailer.
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Route 9 Crash in Clifton Critically Injures One, Blocks Road
One man was critically injured early Wednesday morning in a crash on Route 9 in Clifton involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer.
Jay Preston, 30, of Dennysville, was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado at about 1 a.m. when he crossed the centerline and struck a 2000 Western Star tractor-trailer operated by Rodney Tolman, 56, of Amherst, according to police.
Preston has a suspended driver’s license, police said.
Preston was critically injured in the rollover crash. He was extricated from the vehicle and taken to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Shortly after noon, police said the road had reopened to traffic.
UPDATE: Route 9 has reopened.
The Maine State Police out of Troop E are investigating a serious injury crash that occurred at 1:10 a.m. on December 16, 2020, shutting down all travel on Route 9 in Clifton.
State Police were dispatched to a roll-over crash involving several vehicles, and a log truck that rolled over blocking Route 9. Troopers investigating the crash determined Jay Preston, 30, of Dennysville, Maine, and driving a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado on a suspended driver’s license, crossed the centerline, striking a 2000 Western Star tractor-trailer unit operated by Rodney Tolman, 56, of Amherst, Maine. Preston was critically injured in the crash and needed to be extricated by Fire Personnel from Eddington and Holden before he was transported by Northern Light Ambulance to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Serious injury crash in Clifton involves log truck
Update to this story: As of 12:22 p.m., Route 9 has been reopened.
CLIFTON The Maine State Police out of Troop E are investigating a serious injury crash that occurred at 1:10 a.m. today, Dec. 16, and shut down all travel on Route 9 in Clifton.
State Police were dispatched to a rollover crash involving several vehicles and a log truck that rolled over, blocking Route 9. Troopers investigating the crash determined Jay Preston, 30, of Dennysville, driving a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado on a suspended driver’s license, crossed the center line, striking a 2000 Western Star tractor-trailer unit operated by Rodney Tolman, 56, of Amherst. Preston was critically injured in the crash and needed to be extricated by fire personnel from Eddington and Holden before he was transported by Northern Light Ambulance to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Maine State Police investigating collision between pickup truck and logging truck on Route 9 in Clifton
The driver of the pickup truck was critically injured in the crash and needed to be cut from the vehicle by fire personnel from Eddington and Holden. Author: Jessica Yario (NEWS CENTER Maine), Chelsea Bard (NEWS CENTER Maine), Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 2:44 AM EST December 16, 2020 Updated: 12:40 PM EST December 16, 2020
The Maine State Police Department is investigating a serious crash involving a logging truck Wednesday morning, which shut down all travel on Route 9 in Clifton for several hours. It happened around 1 a.m.
State police were dispatched to a rollover crash involving several vehicles and a logging truck. Troopers investigating the crash said they determined Jay Preston, 30, of Dennysville was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado on a suspended driver’s license when he crossed the centerlin