Six escape serious injury in multiple vehicle crash on I-95

The cruiser sustained heavy damage (MSP photo)

KITTERY, Maine - A Maine State Trooper, four motorists and a trucker all escaped with minor injuries on Wednesday after a semi-tractor trailer crashed into the trooper's cruiser near mile marker 1 on Interstate-95 southbound.

The crash occurred around 9:20 a.m., when Trooper Robert Flynn, who had his blue emergency lights activated, was stopped behind a flatbed truck that was being towed for a mechanical issue. A tractor-trailer being driven by Johnny Rogers, 52, of Canastota, N.Y., drifted into the breakdown lane and struck the cruiser then veered back into the travel lanes, ending up in the far-left lane, striking and pinning a Jeep Cherokee against the concrete barrier in the median.

The occupants of the Cherokee were a husband and wife and two children, all of whom suffered only minor injuries.

The driver for National Towing, who was underneath the flatbed trying to fix the mechanical issue at the time of the crash, miraculously suffered no injuries.

The trooper and flatbed truck operator also sustained only minor injuries.

Rogers was charged with failure to move over for an emergency vehicle and distracted driving.

Several lanes of travel were shut down to remove vehicles, backing up traffic. Troop K (Commercial Vehicle Unit), Troop G (Turnpike), Kittery Police Department, and Kittery Fire Department all assisted with the incident.