Monday, January 6, 2014

Non-Injury MV CRASH - T2 R9


DATE:  Monday, January 06, 2014
STATE OF MAINE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
MAINE STATE POLICE

PRESS RELEASE
PREPARED BY:  Lt. John Cote
CONTACT #: 532-5400

CASE #: SP14-001462
TROOPER:  Tr. Thomas Fiske
TROOP: E

INCIDENT DETAILS
DATE/TIME: 01/06/14 – 4:40 AM
LOCATION: I-95 Southbound Mile Marker 236 – T2 R9
NATURE: Non-Injury Motor Vehicle Crash – MSP Cruiser Involved

OPERATOR 1:  Trooper Recruit Adam Bell – Troop F
AGE: 31
TOWN, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Hodgdon, ME.
VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 2011 / Ford / Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
ALCOHOL/DRUG INVOLVED (Y/N/UNK): N
SPEED INVOLVED (Y/N): N
SEAT BELT/HELMET WORN (Y/N): N/A – Bell was out of the vehicle


OPERATOR 2:  HEMING GUO
AGE: 49
TOWN, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Las Vegas, NV.
VEHICLE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL: 2013 / Freightliner / TT (Owner - PRIME Inc.)
ALCOHOL/DRUG INVOLVED (Y/N/UNK): N
SPEED INVOLVED (Y/N): Y – Traveling too fast for road conditions
SEAT BELT/HELMET WORN (Y/N): Y

SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:

TROOPER RECRUIT ADAM BELL WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-95 BETWEEN MEDWAY AND LINCOLN AND HAD STOPPED AT THE SCENE OF A CRASH WHERE A VEHICLE HAD GONE INTO THE MEDIAN.  BELL WAS ON DUTY AND IN A FULLY MARKED CAR WITH BLUE LIGHTS ACTIVATED PARKED IN THE BREAKDOWN LANE.  IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME, BUT FREEZING UPON CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SURFACE.  TROOPER RECRUIT BELL WAS OUT OF HIS CRUISER APPROACHING THE VEHICLE IN THE MEDIAN WHEN THE OPERATOR OF A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK, ALSO SOUTH-BOUND, LOST CONTROL.  THE TT UNIT STRUCK THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS IN THE MEDIAN BEFORE CONTINUING ON AND STRIKING TROOPER RECRUIT BELL'S PATROL CAR.  THE TT UNIT EVENTUALLY CAME TO REST IN THE MEDIAN.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED BUT ALL VEHICLES SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. 

TR. THOMAS FISKE INVESTIGATED THE CRASH.  HEMING GUO WAS SUMMONSED FOR IMPRUDENT SPEED.