JAY — Two men were injured Thursday morning when one man stopped his car to talk to a Water District employee repairing Route 4 in North Jay and a small truck rear-ended his car, which was pushed off the road and struck trees.
Matthew Gaudet, 51, of Jay was traveling south and stopped his car to talk to the employee, Jay police Sgt. Troy Young said.
Benjamin Stimans, 62, of Livermore Falls didn’t see Gaudet’s car, rear-ended it and pushed itt off the road into trees at about 11:18 a.m., Young said.
Air bags deployed in both vehicles.
Jay firefighters had to cut the roof off Gaudet’s 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt to free him, Young said.
Gaudet complained of head pain and was taken by ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, where he was treated and released, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Stimans complained of shoulder pain and abrasions and was taken by ambulance to FMH. He also was treated and released, Young said.
Both the Cobalt and Stiman’s 2004 Ford Ranger were demolished and towed from the scene, Young said.
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- Jay firefighters and NorthStar Emergency Medical Services personnel prepare to carry Matthew Gaudet, 51, of Jay to an ambulance after a rear-end collision on Route 4 in North Jay on Thursday morning.
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- Jay police Sgt. Troy Young looks over the driver’s side of a wrecked car beside Route 4 in Jay on Thursday morning while Jay firefighter Rick Duguay puts a piece of it in the trunk. Matthew Gaudet, 51, of Jay stopped his 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt in the travel lane to talk to a highway worker and it was rear-ended by a pickup truck driven by Benjamin Stimans, 62, of Livermore Falls.
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- Jay police Sgt. Troy Young, second from right, and Jay fire Lt. Rick Duguay, right, watch as a relative of Matthew Gaudet, 51, of Jay, gets personal belongings out of Gaudet’s car that was rear-ended Thursday morning on Route 4.
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- Matthew Gaudet, 51, of North Jay was injured when his 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt was rear-ended Thursday morning on Route 4. Firefighters cut the car apart to get him out.
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