Collision with pickup disables Maine Turnpike plow

The Toyota pikcup sustained heavy front end damage (MSP photo)

LEWISTON, Maine - A Maine Turnpike Authority plow was taken out of commission after a collision with a pickup truck in Lewiston.

Maine State Police responded around 10:55 a.m. for a crash on I-95 at mile 83 northbound in Lewiston.

According to police, the driver of a Toyota pickup was in the passing lane and traveling too fast for road conditions when he came upon a Maine Turnpike Authority plow truck. The driver of the pickup attempted to go around the plow on the median side where there was no room, but hit the left wing of the plow in the process causing it to bend back and puncture the tank that holds the brine solution which is used to treat roads.

There were no injuries to either driver.

Other than this crash Troopers are reporting light traffic today with only a couple of slide offs.

The Maine State Police and the Maine Bureau of Highway of Safety took the opportunity to remind drivers to give plows some room.