MONSON — Police are investigating a fatal accident on a state highway in Piscataquis County.
Police say 37-year-old Travis Butler of St. Albans was fatally injured when his dump truck was struck by the trailer of a tractor-trailer that jackknifed on a sharp curve on Route 15 in Monson, south of Greenville. The accident happened around 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
Guy Dow of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department told the Bangor Daily News that the tractor-trailer’s empty trailer tipped sideways and collided with the dump truck, crushing the cab.
Butler died Thursday night at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
No charges have been filed.
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