WILTON — A Norway man was injured Friday morning when the tractor-trailer he was driving went off Route 133 and rolled onto its side.
Donald Lovell, 48, was operating a truck for Tibbetts Trucking of Livermore, according to Wilton police officer Andrew Hardy. Lovell was able to get out of the truck on his own and complained of back pain, Hardy said.
Lovell was taken by NorthStar EMS to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, where a spokesman said he was treated and released.
The driver said a moose caused the accident, but firefighters, police and witnesses found no sign of one, Hardy said. Police said Lovell had been driving since 2 p.m. Thursday until the accident at 9:34 a.m., he said. Lovell denied that, Hardy said.
Lovell was coming from the Sappi Paper mill in Skowhegan and some rolls of paper he was hauling were on the ground, Hardy said.
The 2001 tractor-trailer was heavily damaged.
Wilton firefighters put absorbent pads and absorbent material under the cab. They also assisted ambulance personnel and directed traffic.
The Maine State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement was called to investigate, Hardy said.
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- Emergency personnel care for Donald Lovell, 48, of Norway after the tractor-trailer he was driving went off Route 133 in Wilton on Friday morning. He complained of back pain and was treated and released from Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, officials said.
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- Wilton firefighter Marc Hand crawls under a tractor-trailer Friday morning to put absorbent pads under the cab as Deputy Chief Tom Doak watches. Donald Lovell, 48, of Norway was driving for Tibbetts Trucking in Livermore when the truck left Route 133 in Wilton and rolled onto its side.
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- A truck-driver was injured Friday morning when the tractor-trailer he was driving left Route 133 in Wilton and rolled on to its side. Donald Lovell, 48, of Norway was driving a truck for Tibbetts Trucking in Livermore, Wilton officer Andrew Hardy said.
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- Donald Lovell, 48, of Norway is carried to an ambulance by a crew from NorthStar EMS and Wilton firefighters after the tractor-trailer he was driving on Route 133 in Wilton Friday morning left the road and rolled on to its side.
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- A tractor-trailer truck left Route 133 in Wilton on Friday morning and rolled over on to its side. Driver Donald Lovell, 48, of Norway was injured, Wilton officer Andrew Hardy said. He was driving for Tibbetts Trucking in Livermore.
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