Five injured in logging truck crash

Moving Forward · Jun 28, 2014

Speed, blown tire caused Moscow wreck, deputy says
An area resident says the stretch of U.S. Route 201 is dangerous, and Thursdays accident that sent five to the hospital is only the latest of many there.

Investigators say the combination of speed and a blown tire may have caused a U.S. 201 crash involving a logging truck and an SUV that sent five to the hospital Thursday.

Source: http://www.centralmaine.com/2014/06/27/speed-blown-tire-caused-moscow-wreck-deputy-says/
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That area is prime moose country, although it doesn't sound like one was involved in this crash. However, if/when you're driving in that area, keep your eyes peeled for those critters.

BTW, although the driver was one of the folks that went to hospital, it sounds like he'll be OK.

gpsman · Jun 28, 2014

A majority of accidents have been right in that same corner, he said. My thought is that corner leans its banked the wrong way. When you come down around that corner, it tilts towards the outside instead of banking toward the inside like it should.

Trafton, who was a game warden for 20 years, said there has not been any significant work done to improve the road in many years. He said there are as many as three accidents on that corner every year.

He said the roads pitch road could be rebuilt to lean away from the curve and the hard drop to Wyman Lake.
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I get all my road engineering assessments from former game wardens, they understand water can be convinced to run uphill.

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