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A DHART helicopter lands on the Spaulding Highway in Rochester on Friday as it prepares to lifeflight a patient to Maine Med after his truck overturned. (Courtesy image)
ROCHESTER - A Rochester man had to be lifeflighted after he was seriously injured Friday when his pickup rolled over on the Spaulding Turnpike.
Firefighters, State Police, and Frisbie Ambulance responded around 2:10 p.m. to the southbound lanes about two miles south of the tolls where they found a single patient, the driver, needing medical attention.
The 63-year-old victim was taken by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Advanced Response Team medical helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, with injuries that are considered serious but not believed to be life-threatening.
The turnpike was closed for the duration of the helicopter's time on scene time, about 20 minutes.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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