Semi-Truck Accident in West Forks, Maine – NBC Boston

One person has died after a tractor-trailer carrying logs crashed in West Forks, Maine, on Friday.

Somerset County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a single-vehicle accident involving a tractor-trailer just after 3 p.m. Friday on Route 201 in West Forks, News Center Maine reports.

According to a preliminary investigation, a fully loaded 2018 Western Star tractor-trailer was carrying tree-length logs while traveling south on Route 201 near the intersection with Pierce Road when it left the roadway and struck several trees, reports WJAR.

The driver, who was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene, WJAR reports. He has since been identified as 60-year-old Leland Moore of Madison.

Moore was the only occupant in the tractor-trailer.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.