RUMFORD — Two women escaped injury on Saturday afternoon when the pickup they were riding in slid off Isthmus Road on black ice and rolled onto its side in a snowbank.
Driver Paula Harting, 53, of Canton, and passenger Patty Nedeau, 56, no town listed, had to be lifted out of the truck by Rumford firefighters.
Rumford officer Dave Hodgson said the accident happened at 3:12 p.m. when the women were heading east from Black Mountain of Maine ski resort.
Harting lost control Near 128 Isthmus Road when the pickup hit a patch of black ice, Hodgson said. The truck slid across the opposite lane and onto the shoulder where it struck a snowbank and rolled onto the passenger side, the officer said.
“When I arrived, the driver was hanging from her seat belt,” he said.
He radioed to incoming responders that the women were not injured, but needed to be extricated. Hodgson also warned them to be careful, saying the road was “a sheet of ice.”
The temperature was 35 degrees at the time, but drizzle turned to freezing rain in the area.
Traffic was halted for about 45 minutes. Hodgson estimated damage to the truck’s passenger door at $2,000.
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- Rumford firefighters work to lift Paula Harting, 53, of Canton out of a 2001 Toyota Tacoma pickup on Saturday afternoon. The truck hit a patch of black ice at 3:12 p.m. at 128 Isthmus Road and rolled onto its side, authorities said.
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- Rumford firefighters help to extricate Paula Harting, 53, of Canton from the 2001 Toyota Tacoma pickup she was driving east on Isthmus Road on Saturday. The truck hit black ice, slid across the opposite lane and rolled onto its side in a snowbank, authorities said.
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- Rumford firefighters work to extricate passenger Patty Nedeau, 56, no town listed, from a 2001 Toyota Tacoma that rolled onto its side off Isthmus Road on Saturday. The driver hit a patch of black ice and the truck slid across the opposite lane and off the road, authorities said.
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