HARTFORD — A Hartford man was badly injured early Friday morning when he lost control of his Jeep on Route 140 and it rolled over several times.
Jason Farrar, 27, was driving his 2004 Jeep Cherokee northbound when the accident occurred, according to Deputy Chris Davis of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. He said speed appeared to be a factor in the crash, which is still under investigation.
Davis said a nearby resident heard the crash and called 911. He said Farrar was “badly injured” and responders from the Buckfield and Paris fire departments had to use the Jaws of Life to get him out of the vehicle.
Farrar was transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with multiple injuries.
Later in the morning, firefighters from Norway and Paris responded to a vehicle on fire at 30 Alpine St. Farrar’s Jeep, which had been towed to Norway by Russell and Sons Towing and Recovery, had caught fire.
The flames spread to a nearby fiberglass boat and destroyed both, according to Norway fire Chief Dennis Yates.
According to Paris fire Chief Brad Frost, who responded to both the crash and the later fire, the flames didn’t spread to any nearby structures. He said the fire appeared to have started from a short circuit in the Jeep after it was parked in the lot.
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- A Jeep SUV involved in an accident earlier in the morning caught fire in a lot at 30 Alpine St. in Norway on Friday. The fire destroyed the vehicle and the adjacent fiberglass boat, Norway fire Chief Dennis Yates said.
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- Firefighters use the Jaws of Life to free Jason Farrar of Hartford who crashed his Jeep early Friday morning in Hartford. The Jeep was towed to Alpine Street in Norway, where it caught fire hours later and destroyed a nearby boat.
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