OTISFIELD — State police said a man was in stable condition Tuesday after a crash on East Swampville Road that ripped the cab off his pickup truck, twisted the frame and spread debris over 50 to 60 yards.

Maine State Police Trooper Adam Fillebrown said the driver, who is in his 40s but whose name was not released Tuesday, was taken to Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway with facial lacerations and other injuries not considered life-threatening.

“When the cab comes off the truck … he’s a lucky guy,” Fillebrown said.

Several hunters discovered the crash, which occurred at about 2:30 p.m. on the one-lane dirt road that connects Bell Hill and Bolsters Mills roads, police said.

Maine State Police Trooper John Russell said the man was driving toward Bolsters Mills Road when the truck swerved into a ditch, struck a low stone wall, rolled several times and landed on the road.

The cab was torn from the chassis and landed 30 feet away. Both the cab and the frame were upside down and facing in the opposite direction of travel. Wires from the engine block hung from the frame, which was twisted in some places. And the truck tailgate was found over the stonewall almost 50 yards from where the truck stopped, Russell said.

Cans of Twisted Tea, an alcoholic beverage, were crumpled or punctured in a 40-yard radius around the truck, he said.

Russell said the driver was able to drag himself out from the cab and was talking and alert.

The crash remains under investigation, Russell said.

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