Multi-Vehicle Crash on I-95 in Hermon, Maine Caused by Merging Pickup

No one was hurt in a multi-vehicle crash on I-95 on Tuesday in Hermon that sent a tractor-trailer across the median.

Maine State Police Alerted to Chain Reaction Crash by 911 Calls

The Bangor Regional Communications Center began receiving multiple calls just before 4 pm on Tuesday afternoon of a tractor-trailer that had crossed the median.

Witnesses told dispatchers that a tractor-trailer traveling northbound near Exit 180 in Hermon had gone off the roadway, crossed the median, and entered the southbound lanes of I-95, where it struck multiple vehicles.

An investigation into the circumstances determined it was a chain-reaction crash that began with a pickup truck, and that it was actually two vehicles that crossed the median.

I-95 Crash in Hermon, Maine Began When 3 Trucks Collided

Officials say a pickup truck hauling a trailer failed to yield the right of way whle merging onto I-95 from Coldbrook Road in Hermon.

The trailer struck a utility truck that was in the travel lane, which forced the utility truck into a tractor-trailer in the passing lane.

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The utility truck and tractor-trailer became entangled and subsequently left the roadway.

They crossed the median and entered the southbound lanes, where the utility truck became separated from the tractor-trailer.

The driver of the utility truck drove it into the median, to avoid a crash with oncoming southbound traffic.

As the two vehicles became separated, the trailer of the tractor-trailer struck two vehicles traveling southbound.

Maine State Police are Investigating a Multi-Vehicle Crash on I-95 in Hermon

Miraculously, there were no reported injuries as a result of the crash.

Traffic in the area was slowed for a couple of hours while crews worked to remove the involved vehicles.

This crash remains under investigation.

We'll update this story as more details become available.