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Woman injured in highway accident in Maine

NORA. OKAY, VICTORIA. THANKS. A DRIVER WAS INJURED AFTER AN ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 95 IN SYDNEY YESTERDAY. ASHLEY PETERS WAS DRIVING A BOX TRUCK. SHE FELL ASLEEP, CROSSED THE MEDIUM AND HIT A TREE BEFORE ROLLING OVER. PETERS WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE

Woman injured in highway accident in Maine

A woman fell asleep and caused an accident with her delivery truck on I-95 in Sidney

A woman was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after crashing her pickup truck on Interstate 95 in Sidney Friday afternoon. State police responded to calls about a pickup truck driving erratically on the northbound side of the highway, but before they could catch the woman, Ashley Peters, 42, of Ellsworth, crashed into a tree in the median at mile marker 118. Police believe she fell asleep at the wheel. She was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

SIDNEY, Maine —

A woman was hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after she crashed her box truck on Interstate 95 in Sidney Friday afternoon.

State police responded to calls about a box truck driving erratically on the northbound side of the highway, but before they could intercept the woman, Ashley Peters, 42, of Ellsworth, crashed into a tree on the median road at mile marker 118.

The police assume that she fell asleep at the wheel. She was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident.

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